Years of Renewal

1254 Pages·1999·12.29 MB·English

by  Henry Kissinger

BOOKS BY HENRY KISSINGER
Years of Renewal
Diplomacy
Observations: Selected Speeches and Essays, 1982–1984
Years of Upheaval
For the Record: Selected Statements, 1977–1980
White House Years
American Foreign Policy: Three Essays
Problems of National Strategy: A Book of Readings (editor) The Troubled
Partnership: A Reappraisal of the Atlantic Alliance
The Necessity for Choice: Prospects of American Foreign Policy
Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy
A World Restored: Castlereagh, Metternich and
the Restoration of Peace: 1812–1822

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Kissinger, Henry, date.
Years of renewal / Henry Kissinger.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Kissinger, Henry, date. 2. Cabinet officers—United States—Biography.
3. United States—Foreign relations—1969-1974.
4. United States—Foreign relations—1974-1977.
5. Statesmen—United States—Biography. I. Title.
E840.5.K58A3 1999
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To the memory of
my mother,
Paula Stern Kissinger
CONTENTS
List of Maps
Foreword
1. A Ford, Not a Lincoln
The Changing of the Guard
The New President
The Domestic Crisis
Ford and Congress
Ford and the National Interest
Part One: THE NIXON LEGACY
2. The Man and the Organization
At the Edge of Greatness
The President and His Adviser
Nixon and the Establishment
Nixon the Person
The Taping System
The Operation of the Nixon White House
The National Security Council System
Epilogue
3. Controversy over Détente
What Was Détente?
The Attack on Nixon’s Foreign Policy: The Liberal Challenge
The Conservative Critique
Senator Henry Jackson and Détente: Strategy and Arms Control
4. Jackson, Arms Control, and Jewish Emigration
Arms Control
Jewish Emigration from the Soviet Union
5. China and Its Leaders
Two Styles of Diplomacy
Mao Zedong