The Man on Whom Nothing Was Lost: The Grand Strategy of Charles Hill

Psychologically astute and passionately written, Molly Worthens remarkable debut charts the intricate relationship between student and teacher, biographer and subject. As an admiring college freshman, Worthen found herself deeply fascinated by Charles Hill. Hill was her world-wise professor, a former diplomat and behind-the-scenes operator who shaped American foreign policy in his forty-year career as an adviser to Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, and Boutros Boutros-Ghali, among others. At Yale, Hill was never afraid to tell students how to think or what to do, and the Grand Strategy seminar he co-taught had developed a cult following.Caught in his thrall, Worthen set out to write his biography, and surprisingly, Hill granted her full access to his meticulously documented life. Eventually, she would realize her teacher was both brilliant and fallible. The Man on Whom Nothing Was Lost conveys both the joy and the heartache of coming to know someone you once revered.

MOLLY WORTHEN graduated from Yale University in 2003. She received the Ellsworth Prize for most distinguished senior essay in the humanities, the Schubart Prize for best original published work, the David C. DeForest/ Townsend Premium Prize for oration, and the Kingsley Fellowship for the study of Russian Orthodox Old Believers in Alberta. She has written for the Yale Daily News, the Toledo Blade, the Dallas Morning News, and Time. Her interests include cartoon illustration, fly fishing, and improvisational comedy. She is also a national championship debater. This is her first book.