Years of Upheaval
Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1982. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. xxi, [3], 1283, [5] pages. Illustrations. Maps. Appendix. Chapter notes. Index, Some DJ wear and soiling. Some edge soiling. Inscription signed and dated by Henry Kissinger on half-title page. Henry Alfred Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger; May 27, 1923) is an American politician and diplomat,who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He became National Security Advisor in 1969 and U.S. Secretary of State in 1973. For his actions negotiating a ceasefire in Vietnam, Kissinger received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize. A practitioner of Realpolitik, Kissinger played a prominent role in United States foreign policy between 1969 and 1977. He pioneered the policy of détente with the Soviet Union, orchestrated the opening of relations with the People's Republic of China, engaged in what became known as shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East to end the Yom Kippur War, and negotiated the Paris Peace Accords. Kissinger has also been associated with such controversial policies as U.S. involvement in the 1973 Chilean military coup, a "green light" to Argentina's military junta for their Dirty War, and U.S. support for Pakistan during the Bangladesh War despite the genocide being perpetrated by his allies. He formed Kissinger Associates, an international geopolitical consulting firm. He remains a controversial figure in U.S. politics, both condemned by many journalists and political activists as well as venerated as an effective Secretary of State by many prominent international relations scholars. More