Years of upheaval

Kissinger, Henry 1923-2023 (Author).

Summary: "Kissinger recalls ... the second administration of Richard Nixon ... the Watergate scandal ... the 1973 October war in the Middle East ... 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 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."

Item details

ISBN: 0316285919 :
ISBN: 9780316285919
Physical Description: print
xxi, 1,283 p., [40] p. of plates : ill ; 25 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown, c1982.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A moment of hope -- A visit to Hanoi -- China: Another step forward -- The gathering impact of watergate -- The year of Europe -- The middle east in ferment -- Detente: Zavidovo to San Clemente -- Indochina: The beginning of the end -- Chile: The fall of Salvador Allende -- Becoming secretary of state -- The Middle East War -- Moscow, the Cease-fire, and the alert -- First middle east Breakthrough -- Persian gulf interlude -- The eclipse of Zhou Enlai and another talk with Mao -- Troubles with allies -- The Geneva conference -- The first shuttle: Egyptian-Israeli disengagement -- The energy crisis -- Energy and the democracies -- The road to Damascus: An exploratory shuttle -- The decline of Detente: A turning point -- The Syrian shuttle -- The last Hurrah -- The end of the administration.