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Summary Of On China By Henry Kissinger

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Foreign policy is defined as a government’s strategy for dealing with other nations. Good foreign policy requires a compromise that respects cultural values of each country. Hubert Humphrey said, “foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on”. Henry Kissinger’s On China and Niall Ferguson's Kissinger, 1923-1969: The Idealist, teach us how national values are represented in U.S foreign policy by analyzing foreign policy at different times in our history.

Before analyzing the foreign policy in both books, it is vital to understand the context of each book. Kissinger explains Chinese foreign policy by guiding us through the history of China, how their history has impacted their ideals. Kissinger in the prologue said, to understand
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