White House Years

About this book

One of the most important books to come out of the Nixon Administration the New York Times bestselling White House Years covers Henry Kissingers first four years (19691973) as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Among the momentous events recounted in this first volume of Kissingers timeless memoirs are his secret negotiations with the North Vietnamese in Paris to end the Vietnam War the Jordan crisis of 1970 the India-Pakistan war of 1971 his back-channel and face-to-face negotiations with Soviet leaders to limit the nuclear arms race his secret journey to China and the historic summit meetings in Moscow and Beijing in 1972. He covers major controversies of the period including events in Laos and Cambodia his peace is at hand press conference and the breakdown of talks with the North Vietnamese that led to the Christmas bombing in 1972. Throughout Kissinger presents candid portraits of world leaders including Richard Nixon Anwar Sadat Golda Meir Jordans King Hussein Leonid Brezhnev Chairman Mao and Chou En-lai Willy Brandt Charles de Gaulle and many others. White House Years is Henry Kissingers invaluable and lasting contribution to the history of this crucial time.