Summaries

Summary: Diplomacy by Kissinger – Chapter 16 – Three Approaches to Peace

This chapter discusses peace negotiations in the final months of World War II.
Summary: Diplomacy by Kissinger – Chapter 15 – America Re-enters the Arena

This chapter discusses the role of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in turning World War II in favor of the Allies.
Summary: Diplomacy by Kissinger – Chapter 14 – The Nazi-Soviet Pact

This chapter discusses the beginning of World War II, focusing on Stalin’s failed attempt to appease Hitler.
Summary: Diplomacy by Kissinger – Chapter 13 – Stalin’s Bazaar

This chapter discusses the maneuvers of Joseph Stalin’s USSR in the lead-up to World War II.
Summary: Diplomacy by Kissinger – Chapter 12 – The End of Illusion

This chapter discusses the failure of the Treaty of Versailles, which enabled the rise of Hitler’s Nazism and Mussolini’s Fascism in Germany and Italy.
Summary: Diplomacy by Kissinger – Chapter 11 – Stresemann and the Re-emergence of the Vanquished

This chapter discusses European politics in the interwar period, with a focus on the role of Gustav Stresemann to reinsert Germany in power politics.
Summary: Diplomacy by Kissinger – Chapter 10 – The Dilemmas of the Victors

This chapter discusses the challenges affecting the European international order in the aftermath of World War I.
Summary: Diplomacy by Kissinger – Chapter 9 – The New Face of Diplomacy

This chapter discusses the transition from the First World War to the Treaty of Versailles, influenced by Woodrow Wilson, that established a fragile peace.
Summary: Diplomacy by Kissinger – Chapter 8 – Into the Vortex

This chapter discusses the short-term causes for the outbreak of World War I after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.