On China (If you know what I mean)

In his days as Secretary of State for Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, Henry Kissinger wrote quite a bit on the subject of China. Most of it dealt with the country as an immense communist regime ready to be changed by the forces of capitalism by opening it up as a new market for American goods.

Dealings of this magnitude had plenty of snags, and no doubt cause Kissinger quite a bit of heartburn and headaches. This book, taken by one of his former aides after being told to burn the papers it has been culled from, has only been released on his death (the aide's of course). This is how the controversial man dealt with his anger and frustration.

He wrote pages upon pages of filthy smut detailing everything he would do to China's leaders, people, and even livestock. In his posthumously released foreword, the former aide says that he thought the world should know about Kissinger's dark side - the man behind the mask, driven by disturbing fantasies. "Something is terribly wrong with this man," he writes, "but it is more terrible that he has been allowed to have such an overwhelming influence on America's foreign policy with these sick ideas running through his head."

Critics say that this collection is the final shot in a vendetta that started in the 1970s when the aide didn't feel his ideas were taken seriously. Sources close to Kissinger, however, do not deny the attribution of the writings to the former Secretary of State. "Well, there are quite a few things referenced in there that no one at his level would have been aware of. Frankly, [Kissinger] could say some pretty foul things where he was riled up."

While potentially of minor historical significance, most scholars think that this tome will spend more time in the hands of teenage boys than serious historians.