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VERY FINE. Brand new mint and flaws. Unread with square and tight spine. Personally signed by Henry Kissinger, the Nobel Prize Winner and former Secretary of State.COA from Easton Press guarantees signature authenticity. Includes collector's notes. Norwalk, CT Easton Press 2004. Henry Kissinger. "Crisis". Signed Limited Edition. Full genuine leather. This edition has been SIGNED by the Nobel Prize Winner and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. ABOUT "CRISIS". By drawing upon hitherto unpublished transcripts of his telephone conversations during the Yom Kippur War (1973) and the last days of the Vietnam War (1975), Henry Kissinger reveals what goes on behind the scenes at the highest levels in a diplomatic crisis. The two major foreign policy crises in this book, one successfully negotiated, one that ended tragically, were unique in that they moved so fast that much of the work on them had to be handled by telephone. The longer of the two sections deals in detail with the Yom Kippur War and is full of revelations, as well as great relevancy: In Kissinger's conversations with Golda Meir, Israeli Prime Minister; Simcha Dinitz, Israeli ambassador to the U.S.; Mohamed el-Zayyat, the Egyptian Foreign Minister; Anatoly Dobrynin, the Soviet Ambassador to the U.S.; Kurt Waldheim, the Secretary General of the U.N.; and a host of others, as well as with President Nixon, many of the main elements of the current problems in the Middle East can be seen. The section on the end of the Vietnam War is a tragic drama, as Kissinger tries to help his president and a divided nation through the final moments of a lost war. It is full of astonishing material, such as Kissinger's trying to secure the evacuation of a Marine company which, at the very last minute, is discovered to still be in Saigon as the city is about to fall, and his exchanges with Ambassador Martin in Saigon, who is reluctant to leave his embassy. This is a book that presents perhaps the best record of the inner workings of diplomacy at the superheated pace and tension of real crisis. FEATURES. Include all the classic Easton Press qualities: Premium Leather Silk Moire Endleaves Distinctive Cover Design Hubbed Spine, Accented in Real 22KT Gold Satin Ribbon Page Marker Gilded Page Edges Long-lasting, High Quality Acid-neutral Paper Smyth-sewn Pages for Strength and Durability Beautiful Illustrations ABOUT KISSINGER: Henry Alfred Kissinger KCMG born Heinz Alfred Kissinger, May 27, 1923) is a German-born American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. A Jewish refugee who fled Nazi Germany with his family in 1938, Kissinger excelled academically, receiving his BA degree summa cum laude from Harvard College in 1950, studying under William Yandell Elliott. He received his MA and PhD degrees at Harvard University in 1951 and 1954, respectively. For his actions negotiating a ceasefire in Vietnam, Kissinger received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize under controversial circumstances. Seller Inventory # 1030
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