by Michael D. Mosettig
Zbigniew Brzezinski, the Polish immigrant who became President Jimmy Carter’s national security adviser, packed many accomplishments into an 89-year lifetime: strategic thinker; scholar; teacher; prolific writer, author and analyst-commentator; adviser to presidential candidates and officials. That busy life also included more than 80 appearances on the PBS NewsHour, going back to 1976 when the then half-hour program was known as the MacNeil/Lehrer Report.
This more-than-full life is now chronicled in “Zbigniew Brzezinski: America’s Grand Strategist,” a biography from French official and scholar Justin Vaisse (who also has been a NewsHour guest).
And while books will keep appearing about Brzezinski’s mostly friendly rival Henry Kissinger, this 505-page work (in small type that will be hard on the eyes of the age cohort most likely to read it) will probably stand for some time as the definitive portrayal of a sharp mind and sometimes sharp tongue that attracted critics and opponents, as well as admirers and such famous proteges and colleagues as Madeleine Albright and Robert Gates.
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Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
Which quotation from the passage best demonstrates the book reviewer’s claims about the book?
(1 point)
Responses
“That busy life also included more than 80 appearances on the PBS NewsHour”
“That busy life also included more than 80 appearances on the PBS NewsHour”
“stand for some time as the definitive portrayal of a sharp mind and sometimes sharp tongue”
“stand for some time as the definitive portrayal of a sharp mind and sometimes sharp tongue”
“packed many accomplishments into an 89-year lifetime”
“packed many accomplishments into an 89-year lifetime”
“And while books will keep appearing about Brzezinski’s mostly friendly rival Henry Kissinger”
1 answer
The quotation that best demonstrates the book reviewer’s claims about the book is:
“stand for some time as the definitive portrayal of a sharp mind and sometimes sharp tongue.”
This statement highlights the reviewer's assertion that the biography is a significant and lasting account of Brzezinski's life and character.
