Years of Upheaval

Years of Upheaval

In this second volume of Henry Kissingerâ€™s â€œendlessly fascinating memoirsâ€ (The New York Times), Kissinger recounts his years as President Nixonâ€™s Secretary of State from 1972 to 1974, including the ending of the Vietnam War, the 1973 Middle East War and oil embargo, Watergate, and Nixonâ€™s resignation.

This second volume of Henry Kissingerâ€™s monumental memoirs covers his years as President Richard Nixonâ€™s Secretary of State (1972â€“1974), including the ending of the Vietnam War, the 1973 Middle East War and oil embargo, Watergate, and Nixonâ€™s resignation. Years of Upheaval opens with Dr. Kissinger being appointed Secretary of State.

Among other events of these turbulent years that he recounts are his trip to Hanoi after the Vietnam cease-fire, his efforts to settle the war in Cambodia, the â€œYear of Europe,â€ two Nixon-Brezhnev summit meetings and the controversies over arms control and dÃ©tente, the military alert and showdown with the Soviet Union over the Middle East war, the subsequent oil crisis, the origins of shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East, the fall of Salvador Allende in Chile, and the tumultuous events surrounding Nixonâ€™s resignation. Throughout are candid appraisals of world leaders, including Nixon, Golda Meir, Anwar Sadat, King Faisal, Hafez al-Asad, Chairman Mao, Leonid Brezhnev, Willy Brandt, Helmut Schmidt, Georges Pompidou, and many more.

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.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781451636451
ReleaseDate 2011-05-24
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781451636451

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781451636451
ReleaseDate	2011-05-24
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781451636451

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