{{Short description|2014 book by Henry Kissinger}} {{Infobox book | name = World Order | author = Henry Kissinger | language = English | country = United States | subject = International relations | publisher = Penguin Books | isbn = 978-0241004272 | image = World Order (book).jpg | size = | caption = First edition | series = | pub_date = {{start date|2014|09|09}} | english_pub_date = | media_type = Print | pages = 432 pp. | dewey = | congress = | oclc = | followed_by = }} '''''World Order''''' is a book about international relations written by Henry Kissinger and published in 2014 by Penguin Books.<ref name="Mitter">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/01/world-order-by-henry-kissinger-review-account|title=World Order by Henry Kissinger – review|last=Mitter|first=Rana|date=2014-10-01|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
== Summary== In ''World Order'', Kissinger says "World Order refers to the concept held by a region or civilization about the nature of just arrangements and the distribution of power thought to be applicable to the entire world." In the book, he explains how Western ideas changed with the 1648 Peace of Westphalia treaty,<ref name="Katju 2022">{{cite web | last=Katju | first=Vivek | title=What is world order? | website=Greater Kashmir | date=16 December 2022 | url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/editorial-page-2/what-is-world-order | access-date=7 January 2023}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=May 2023}} and explains the four systems of historic world order: the Westphalian Peace born of 17th-century Europe, the central imperium philosophy of China, the religious supremacism of political Islam, and the democratic idealism of the United States. Kissinger aims to provide a window into today's struggling framework of international order.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/13/book-review-cultivating-order-in-a-changing-world/|title=BOOK REVIEW: 'World Order'|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref>
== Reception == The ''New York Times'' praised the book, declaring, "his writing functions like a powerful zoom lens, opening out to give us a panoramic appreciation of larger historical trends and patterns, then zeroing in on small details and anecdotes that vividly illustrate his theories."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/books/review/henry-kissingers-world-order.html|title=Henry Kissinger's 'World Order'|last=Micklethwait|first=John|date=2014-09-11|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
The book has also garnered positive reviews from Hillary Clinton, ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''Time'', ''The Los Angeles Times'', and ''The Guardian'', among many others.<ref name="Mitter"></ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/hillary-clinton-reviews-henry-kissingers-world-order/2014/09/04/b280c654-31ea-11e4-8f02-03c644b2d7d0_story.html|title=Hillary Clinton reviews Henry Kissinger's 'World Order'|last=Clinton|first=Hillary Rodham|date=2014-09-04|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/book-review-world-order-by-henry-kissinger-1409952751|title=Book Review: 'World Order' by Henry Kissinger|last=Traub|first=James|date=2014-09-05|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://time.com/3275385/henry-kissinger-2/|title=Walter Isaacson Reviews Henry Kissinger's New Book|last=Isaacson|first=Walter|website=Time|date=6 September 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-henry-kissinger-20140907-story.html|title=Henry Kissinger's 'World Order' is a timely warning|last=Schnur|first=Dan|website=Los Angeles Times|date=5 September 2014}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.c-span.org/video/?321838-1/world-order Presentation by Kissinger on ''World Order'', September 29, 2014], C-SPAN
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