White house years by henry kissinger, first edition, signed abebooks. The seminal work on foreign policy and the art of diplomacy. White house years ebook by henry kissinger official publisher. Kissingers rise to prominence from refugee to cold war defense intellectual 2. Years of upheaval, the sequel to the white house years, covers the period when. Beginnings ian invitation nelson rockefeller the phone call meeting richard nixon encounters at the pierre hotel iiperiod of innocence. Henry kissinger the complete memoirs on apple books. He also served as assistant to the president for national security affairs from january 20, 1969, until november 3, 1975. Beginning with the call from richard nixon in 1969ironically, while kissinger was lunching with nelson rockefellerthat brought him into national prominence, and ending with the signing of the paris accords on vietnam in 1972, this segment inevitably centers on the. Nixon and kissinger, of course, explicitly acknowledged zhous formulation when they signed off on the shanghai communique, during nixons february visit. Failure to make much progress on ending the war in vietnam increasing domestic discontent. Henry alfred kissinger was sworn in on september 22, 1973, as the 56th secretary of state, a position he held until january 20, 1977.
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