
After more than 50 years of writing about military matters, veteran historian Horne (Kissinger: 1973, The Crucial Year, 2009, etc.) reflects on "the common features of warfare that stood out over the ages."Concluding that the main common feature is hubris (which the Greeks defined as "the worst sin a leader, or a nation, could commit"), the Specifically, how Kissinger got what he wanted, the risks involved, and the outcome of the treaties. The sources used, D