Years of Upheaval

The Second Volume of His Classic Memoirs

Henry Kissinger

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9780857207173
• eBook ISBN:
  9780857207180
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

In Years of Upheaval,Henry Kissinger recalls the turbulent years of the second administration of Richard Nixon, which began in January 1973. Two momentous events and their consequences dominate this account: the Watergate scandal, and the 1973 October war in the Middle East.

The book opens at the Western White House in August 1973, when Dr. Kissinger is told by the president during a poolside conversation that he is to become Secretary of State. The memories that follow are a rich compendium of his experiences in the months before and after the appointment: including an eerie trip to Hanoi shortly after the Vietnam cease-fire; efforts to settle the war in Cambodia; the tempestuous Year of Europe; two Nixon-Brezhnev summits and the controversy over détente.

Dr. Kissinger's dramatic, day-by-day account of how the Middle East war was transformed into the beginning of peacemaking shapes the climactic chapters of the book, in counterpoint to the worsening crisis at home, which culminated with Nixon's resignation. His frank portrait of Nixon's last days in the White House is perhaps the most perceptive to date.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• List of Maps
• Foreword
• Note to the Reader
• Chapter I: A Moment of Hope
• Chapter II: A Visit to Hanoi
• Chapter III: China: Another Step Forward
• Chapter IV: The Gathering Impact of Watergate
• Chapter V: The Year of Europe
• Chapter VI: The Middle East in Ferment
• Chapter VII: Détente: Zavidovo to San Clemente
• Chapter VIII: Indochina: The Beginning of the End
• Chapter IX: Chile: The Fall of Salvador Allende
• Chapter X: Becoming Secretary of State
• Chapter XI: The Middle East War
• Chapter XII: Moscow, the Cease-Fire, and the Alert
• Chapter XIII: First Middle East Breakthrough
• Chapter XIV: Persian Gulf Interlude
• Chapter XV: The Eclipse of Zhou Enlai and Another Talk with Mao
• Chapter XVI: Troubles with Allies
• Chapter XVII: The Geneva Conference
• Chapter XVIII: The First Shuttle: Egyptian-Israeli Disengagement
• Chapter XIX: The Energy Crisis
• Chapter XX: Energy and the Democracies
• Chapter XXI: The Road to Damascus: An Exploratory Shuttle
• Chapter XXII: The Decline of Détente: A Turning Point
• Chapter XXIII: The Syrian Shuttle
• Chapter XXIV: The Last Hurrah
• Chapter XXV: The End of the Administration
• Appendix
• Chapter Notes
• Index
• Footnotes