Zbig is a magnificent and highly readable chronicle of the life and times of one of the most important American strategists of the 20th century, written with an appreciative eye for both the man and the politics of the time he helped to shape

Francis Fukuyama, author of LIBERALISM AND ITS DISCONTENTS

This is the best book ever written about a national security advisor. It's also by far the best biography on Brzezinski – a towering figure in American foreign policy

David Rubenstein, author of THE HIGHEST CALLING

With Zbig, Edward Luce, one of the sharpest political pens of our day, has shown himself to be, in addition, a biographer of genius

William Dalrymple, bestselling author of THE GOLDEN ROAD

One of the great US strategists of the Cold War and its aftermath. He … proved prescient in his fear that the US and Europe would squander the opportunity presented by the fall of communism to build a new world order. In Vladimir Putin, he recognised the West's Nemesis earlier than almost anyone else. Ed Luce's meticulous and engaging biography is beautifully balanced. He leaves you in no doubt how desperately we lack the new generation of geopolitical strategic thinkers who can boast Zbig's acuity and prescience

Misha Glenny, author of McMAFIA

A brilliant architect of the American Century, Zbigniew Brzezinski deserves a brilliant biography, and Ed Luce has given us just that: a sensitive, deeply researched and fair-minded portrait of a man who had a remarkable journey and has left America, and the world, the most significant of legacies

Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author

Ed Luce's Zbig is not only the definitive biography of Zbigniew Brzezinski, a crucial figure in the history of the Cold War, but also a book with real insights into the nature of power - especially the ways in which intellectual valour and good faith can come into conflict with the ugly realities of the world. For anyone who wants to understand the history of America and the world, this is a useful and important book

Anne Applebaum, author of AUTOCRACY, INC