Zbig - The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America's Cold War Prophet

''For anyone who wants to understand the history of America and the world, this is a useful and important book'' ANNE APPLEBAUM
''A towering achievement. A book which is founded on deep scholarship, yet so accessible and readable from the very beginning that it feels more like a historical detective story'' RAGEH OMAAR

Zbigniew Brzezinski was a political strategist who rose to prominence as an intellectual architect of US foreign policy during the Cold War. As National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter and a trusted advisor to US presidents from John F. Kennedy onwards, Brzezinski-s expertise helped shape global strategy at critical moments - most significantly as a key figure in the downfall of the Soviet Union.

A Polish -gr-ho witnessed the devastation of his homeland during both Nazi and Soviet occupations, Brzezinski became one of the West-s foremost scholars of totalitarianism. His nuanced understanding of the importance of -speaking the