
Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power
Working side by side in the White House, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger were two of the most compelling, contradictory, and powerful figures in the second half of the twentieth century. While their personalities could hardly have seemed more different, both were largely self-made men, brimming with ambition, driven by their own inner demons, and often ruthless in pursuit of their goals. Tapping into a wealth of recently declassified archives, Robert Dallek uncovers fascinating details about Nixon and Kissinger's tumultuous personal relationship and brilliantly analyzes their shared roles in monumental historical events—including the nightmare of Vietnam, the unprecedented opening to China, détente with the Soviet Union, the Yom Kippur War in the Middle East, the disastrous overthrow of Allende in Chile, and the scandal of Watergate.
Buy this book at AmazonAd- Publisher
- Harper Collins
- Year
- 2009
- ISBN-13
- 9780061832956
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Nixon administrationUS foreign policyCold War diplomacy
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for HistoryShortlistedMajor(2008)
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