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Studies in Intelligence Vol. 69, No. 3 (Extracts, September 2025)

Review: Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America's Great Power Prophet

Author: Edward Luce (Avid Reader Press, 2025), 463 pages, notes, index, photos

Reviewed by Morgan Voeltz Swanson, a senior intelligence analyst.

Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America's Great Power Prophet

Scholar-statesman Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928–2017) was a giant of US foreign policy whose consistently prescient strategic vision served presidents across political lines. In his new biography, Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America’s Great Power Prophet, Edward Luce renders a thorough and clear-eyed portrait of a unique leader in a critical role. Luce has delivered an invaluable case study of the complicated realities of foreign policy decision-making, and a front-row seat to historic events that are still playing out today.

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