I was nearly tempted by this thread to read this book.

Then I realised I would do so to understand Kissinger, not China. Which seems like a somewhat inefficient way to do so.



I would get it as a birthday present for Strike. But his impressionable college mind is not ready yet. Not ready for the nasty realisations of real world politics. I am not going to be the one to undermine the beautiful idealism of this talented young man. Not yet.