Kissinger 1973, the Crucial Year

by Horne, Alistair

• ISBN13: 9781439195222
• ISBN10: 1439195226
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-29
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

Inside view of the complex, brilliant Secretary of State who set the course for today's foreign relations during 1973: the critical year of his life.

Author Biography

Alistair Horne, the author of, most recently, Seven Ages of Paris, The Age of Napoleon, and The French Revolution, is a fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford. He was awarded the French Lgion d'honneur in 1993 and received a knighthood in 2003 for his work on French, history. His books include Back into Power, Small Earthquake in Chile, The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916, To Lose a Battle: France 1940, The French Army and Politics, 1870-1970, A Bundle from Britain, and A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962. He lives in Oxfordshire.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
A Very Odd Couple	p. 1
The Black Hole: Vietnam	p. 35
The Opening to China	p. 64
A Feather-Brained Crime	p. 89
The Year of Europe	p. 106
Storm Clouds over the Middle East	p. 122
Coming to Grips with the Polar Bear	p. 136
A Long Hot Summer	p. 167
To Secretary of State	p. 186
A Dagger Pointing at the Heart of Antarctica	p. 197
The War of Atonement	p. 227
The Crisis: DEFCON 3	p. 266
To Sadat	p. 307
On to China	p. 332
To Geneva and Shuttle	p. 342
The Awful Grace of God	p. 365
Aftermath	p. 394
Acknowledgments	p. 405
Notes	p. 409
Bibliography	p. 433
Index	p. 437
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