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“There is no necessary tradeoff between empathy and assertiveness.”

Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest Level by James K Sebenius, R. Nicholas Burns, Robert H. Mnookin

April 24, 2020 by Halbs Leave a Comment

This is a nice little gem of a negotiation book. Harvard Negotiation Project’s James Sebenius and his co-authors spent a lot of time and research delving deep into the subject and the mind of the man. They look not just into the substance of Henry Kissinger’s negotiation history but also into his specific tactics and philosophy of negotiation. Kissinger himself wrote the foreword to this book and apparently was pretty candid with the authors as they researched and interviewed him. Perhaps most importantly, they also […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Ford, Henry Kissinger, James K Sebenius, James K Sebenius, R. Nicholas Burns, Robert H. Mnookin, Nixon, R. Nicholas Burns, Robert H. Mnookin, Vietnam, world history

Halbs's CBR12 Review No:23 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Ford, Henry Kissinger, James K Sebenius, James K Sebenius, R. Nicholas Burns, Robert H. Mnookin, Nixon, R. Nicholas Burns, Robert H. Mnookin, Vietnam, world history ·
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The Man that Brought Down a Presidency

June 8, 2016 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

Well I am unintentionally reviewing two books about the going-ons in the White House back to back. Inside the Residence, which did share some secret insights to the inner workings of the men who run our nation, has nothing on the information Alexander Butterfield shares from his three years in the Nixon inner circle. The Last of the President’s Men is Butterfield’s side of the well known Nixon story; it is handled with care by Nixon aficionado Bob Woodward. My biggest complaint would be the jump between […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Bob Woodward, Nixon, the Last of the President's Men

Caitlin_D's CBR8 Review No:47 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Bob Woodward, Nixon, the Last of the President's Men ·
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