Years of Upheaval [FIRST EDITION]

Kissinger, Henry

Verlag: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1982

Beschreibung

Fine condition maroon cloth boards with gold front cover and spine lettering contained in a near fine condition non price-clipped dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Henry Kissinger; Author Dedication; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Foreword; Note to the Reader; Appendix; Chapter Notes and Index. Illustrated with four sections of black-and-white photographic plates plus maps. "In Years of Upheaval, Henry Kissinger recalls the turbulent years of the second Administration of Richard Nixon, which began January 20, 1973. Two momentous events and their consequences dominate this account: the Watergate scandal, and the 1973 October war in the Middle East. The book opens at the Western White House on an afternoon in August of that year, when Dr. Kissinger is told by the President during a poolside conversation that he is to become Secretary of State. The memories that follow are a rich compendium of his experiences in the months before and after appointment: an eerie trip to Hanoi shortly after the Vietnam cease-fire; efforts to settle the war in Cambodia; the tempestuous Year of Europe; two Nixon-Brezhnev summits and the controversy over detente; the Shah of Iran; the oil crisis and the effort to overcome it; the Mideast War, the US airlift to Israel and military alert; the origins of shuttle diplomacy; the fall of Salvador Allende in Chile; and the events surrounding Nixon's resignation. Dr. Kissinger's dramatic, day-by-day account of how the Mideast war was transformed into the beginning of peacemaking shapes the climactic chapters of the book, in counterpoint to the worsening crisis at home, which culminated with Richard Nixon's resignation. His frank portrait of Nixon's last days is perhaps the most perceptive to date. Candid appraisals of other world leaders - Golda Meir, Anwar Sadat, King Faisal, Chairman Mao, Leonid Brezhnev, Willy Brandt, Helmut Schmidt, Georges Pompidou, and many more - appear throughout the book, as do Dr. Kissinger's insights on war, peace, diplomacy, and the nature of political leadership. At once illuminating, fascinating, and profound, Years of Upheaval is a lasting contribution to the history of our time, by one of its chief protagonists." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 007351

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Years of Upheaval [FIRST EDITION]

Verlag: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Massachusetts

Erscheinungsdatum: 1982

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Bacon, Paul (jacket design)

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition