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The Man on Whom Nothing Was Lost : The Grand Strategy of Charles Hill

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Psychologically astute and passionately written, Molly Worthen's remarkable debut charts the intricate relationship between student and teacher, biographer and subject. As a Yale freshman, Worthen found herself deeply fascinated by worldly-wise professor Charles Hill, a former diplomat who had shaped American foreign policy in his forty-year career as an adviser to Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, and Boutros Boutros-Ghali, among others. Hill was never afraid to tell students how to think or what to do, and the Grand Strategy seminar he co-taught had developed a cult following. The Man on Whom Nothing Was Lost is at once the biography of a political insider and the story of how its author evolved as she wrote it. In a moving, highly original work, Worthen conveys the joy and the heartache of uncovering the human being behind one's idol.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780618872671
  • ISBN-10: 0618872671
  • Publisher: Mariner Books
  • Publish Date: August 2007
  • Dimensions: 8.64 x 5.86 x 0.99 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.02 pounds
  • Page Count: 384

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