Kissinger: 1973, the Crucial Year - Hardcover

Horne, Alistair

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0743272838 ISBN 13: 9780743272834

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2009

Synopsis

A portrait of the controversial presidential advisor during a critical year in his career covers topics from the signing of the pact to end the war in Vietnam and his appointment as secretary of state to his receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize and the Watergate scandal.

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Review:

"A riveting story about one of the country's most powerful secretaries of state"

--Jonathan Karl, The Wall Street Journal

"[Sir Alistair] tells the story racily and well"

--The Economist

"The book bustles with Kissinger's peripatetic diplomacy and management of a series of crises."

--Gilbert Taylor, Booklist

"Horne grippingly recounts those tense days of international negotiation, all the more dramatic due to the psychological withdrawal of the president. The dynamic between Nixon and Kissinger, so different in personality and background, propels the narrative. The author writes perceptively of the strange bond between the two men"

--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

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 Légion 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, an d A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962. His latest books are. He lives in Oxfordshire.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0743272838
• ISBN 13: 9780743272834
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 457