| Edition |
1st Touchstone ed. |
| Description |
1151 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1081-1120) and index. |
| Contents |
A Ford, not a Lincoln -- The Nixon legacy. The man and the organization ; Controversy over détente ; Jackson, arms control, and Jewish emigration ; China and its leaders -- Ford at the helm. The new presidency ; Cyprus, a case study in ethnic conflict -- East-West relations. Ford inherits the debate over détente ; A visit with Brezhnev ; Vladivostok and the crisis in American-Soviet relations ; The intelligence investigations -- Breakthrough in the Middle East. Ford and Middle East diplomacy ; One shuttle too many ; Sinai II and the road to peace -- Collapse in Indochina, tragedy of the Kurds. Indochina tragedy-- the beginning of the end ; The collapse of Cambodia ; The end of Vietnam ; Anatomy of a crisis : the Mayaguez ; Tragedy of the Kurds -- The Atlantic relationship. The restoration of western unity ; The European security conference ; The energy crisis -- Latin America. Panama, Mexico, and the "New Dialogue" ; Brazil, Chile, and western hemisphere unity ; Cuban interlude -- Relations with the communist world. Civil war in Angola ; Last visit to Moscow ; Preserving the Sino-American relationship. -- Southern Africa. An African strategy ; First visit to Africa ; Toward majority rule in Southern Africa ; Breakthrough to majority rule -- End of the Ford presidency. Civil War in Lebanon and Middle East peace ; Reflections. |
| Subject |
Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023.
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Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography.
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Cabinet officers. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1969-1974.
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International relations. |
| Chronological Term |
1969-1974 |
| Subject |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1974-1977.
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| Chronological Term |
1974-1977 |
| Subject |
Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
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Statesmen. |
| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
0684855720 paperback $24.00 |
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