内容简介
Kissinger’sinvaluableandlastingcontributiontothehistoryofthiscrucialtime.OneofthemostimportantbookstocomeoutoftheNixonAdministration,WhiteHouseYearscoversHenryKissinger’sfirstfouryears(1969–1973)asAssistanttothePresidentforNationalSecurityAffairs.AmongthemomentouseventsrecountedinthisfirstvolumeofKissinger’stimelessmemoirsarehissecretnegotiationswiththeNorthVietnameseinParistoendtheVietnamWar,theJordancrisisof1970,theIndia-Pakistanwarof1971,hisback-channelandface-to-facenegotiationswithSovietleaderstolimitthenucleararmsrace,hissecretjourneytoChina,andthehistoricsummitmeetingsinMoscowandBeijingin1972.Hecoversmajorcontroversiesoftheperiod,includingeventsinLaosandCambodia,his“peaceisathand”pressconferenceandthebreakdownoftalkswiththeNorthVietnamesethatledtotheChristmasbombingin1972.Throughout,Kissingerpresentscandidportraitsofworldleaders,includingRichardNixon,AnwarSadat,GoldaMeir,Jordan’sKingHussein,LeonidBrezhnev,ChairmanMaoandChouEn-lai,WillyBrandt,CharlesdeGaulle,andmanyothers.WhiteHouseYearsisHenryKissinger’sinvaluableandlastingcontributiontothehistoryofthiscrucialtime.
作者简介
HenryKissingerwasthefifty-sixthSecretaryofState.BorninGermany,Dr.KissingercametotheUnitedStatesin1938andwasnaturalizedaU.S.citizenin1943.HeservedintheU.S.ArmyandattendedHarvardUniversity,wherehelaterbecameamemberofthefaculty.AmongtheawardshehasreceivedaretheNobelPeacePrize,thePresidentialMedalofFreedom,andtheMedalofLiberty.Dr.KissingeriscurrentlyChairmanofKissingerAssociates,Inc.,aninternationalconsultingfirm.