The Good Die Young

The Verdict on Henry Kissinger

Rene Rojas, Bhaskar Sunkara, Jonah Walters , Greg Grandin

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English

Verso
30 April 2024

Politics & government; Political science & theory; Diplomacy; Political corruption

Series: Jacobin

If the American foreign policy establishment is a grand citadel, then Henry Kissinger is the ghoul haunting its hallways. For half a century, he was an omnipresent figure in war rooms and at press briefings, dutifully shepherding the American empire through successive rounds of growing pains. For multiple generations of anti-war activists, Kissinger personified the depravity of the American war machine.

The world Kissinger wrought is the world we live in, where ideal investment conditions are generated from the barrel of a gun. Today, global capitalism and United States hegemony are underwritten by the most powerful military ever devised. Any political vision worth fighting for must promise an end to the cycle of never-ending wars afflicting the world in the twenty-first century. And breaking that cycle means placing the twin evils of capitalism and imperialism in our crosshairs.

In this book, Jacobin follows Kissinger’s fiery trajectory around the world — not because he was evil incarnate, but because he, more than any other public figure, illustrates the links between capitalism, empire, and the feedback loop of endless war-making that plagues us today.

Introduction by: Greg Grandin
Edited by: Rene Rojas, Bhaskar Sunkara, Jonah Walters
Imprint: Verso
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm,
Weight: 172g
ISBN: 9781788730303
ISBN 10: 1788730305
Series: Jacobin
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 30 April 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface - René Rojas, Bhaskar Sunkara, and Jonah Walters Introduction: To Die at the Right Time - Greg Grandin Americas 1. Kissinger and the South American Revolutions - Aldo Marchesi 2. Kissinger in Chile - René Rojas 3. Kissinger in Argentina - Leandro Morgenfeld 4. Kissinger in Central America - Hilary Goodfriend Europe 5. Kissinger in Cyprus - Leandros Fischer Middle East and Africa 6. Kissinger in Angola - Piero Gleijeses 7. Kissinger in South Africa - Gerald Horne 8. Kissinger in Western Sahara - Aubrey Bloomfield 9. Kissinger in the Gulf - Chip Gibbons Asia 10. Kissinger in East Pakistan/Bangladesh - Mukhtar Mirjan 11. Kissinger in East Timor - Alex de Jong 12. Kissinger in Cambodia - Brett S. Morris 13. Kissinger in Vietnam and China - An Interview with Carolyn Eisenberg 14. From the War Room to Wall Street - Christy Thornton Acknowledgments About the Contributors Notes

Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. The print magazine is released quarterly and reaches over 30,000 subscribers, in addition to a web audience of 1,000,000 a month.

Reviews for The Good Die Young: The Verdict on Henry Kissinger

The appearance of Jacobin magazine has been a bright light in dark times. Each issue brings penetrating, lively discussions and analyses of matters of real significance, from a thoughtful left perspective that is refreshing and all too rare. A really impressive contribution to sanity, and hope. -- Noam Chomsky Jacobin has certainly been an improbable hit, buoyed by the radical stirrings of the Occupy movement and a bitingly satirical but serious-minded style. -- Jennifer Schuessler * New York Times * I really like Jacobin - it's very explicitly on the radical left, and sort of hostile to liberal accommodationism. There's a lot in there that I don't necessarily agree with, but it's bracingly rigorous and polemical in a really thought-provoking way. It's a really well-done publication, almost preternaturally good. -- Chris Hayes