In this second volume of Henry Kissinger's "endlessly fascinating
memoirs" (The New York Times), Kissinger recounts his years as
President Nixon'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 Nixon's resignation.
This second volume of Henry Kissinger's monumental memoirs covers his
years as President Richard Nixon's Secretary of State (1972-1974),
including the ending of the Vietnam War, the 1973 Middle East War and
oil embargo, Watergate, and Nixon'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 "Year of Europe," two Nixon-Brezhnev summit
meetings and the controversies over arms control and détente, 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 Nixon'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.
