Kissinger's invaluable and lasting contribution to the history of this
crucial time. One of the most important books to come out of the Nixon
Administration, the New York Times bestselling White House Years
covers Henry Kissinger's first four years (1969-1973) as Assistant to
the President for National Security Affairs.
Among the momentous events recounted in this first volume of Kissinger's
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, Jordan's King Hussein, Leonid Brezhnev, Chairman Mao and Chou
En-lai, Willy Brandt, Charles de Gaulle, and many others.
White House Years is Henry Kissinger's invaluable and lasting
contribution to the history of this crucial time.
