By the time Kissinger was made secretary of state in 1973,he had become,according to the Gallup Poll,the most admired person in America and one of the most unlikely celebrities ever to capture.the world's imagination.Kissinger explores the relationship between this complex man's personality and the foreign policy he pursued. Drawing on extensive interviews with Kissinger as well as 150 other sources,including U.S. presidents and his business clients,this first full-length biography makes use of many of Kissinger's private papers and classified memos to tell his uniquely American story. The result is an intimate narrative,filled with surprising revelations,that takes this century's most colorful statesman from his childhood as a persecuted Jew in Nazi Germany,through his tortured relationship with Richard Nixon,to his later years as a globetrotting business consultant.
Introduction
1 FORTH
Coming of Age in Nazi Germany, 1923-1938
2 WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
The Americanization of an Aspiring Accountant,
1938-1943
3 THE ARMY
"Mr Henry" Comes Marching Home Again, 1943-1947
4 HARVARD
The Ambitious Student, 1947-1959
5 NEW YORK
In the Service of the Establishment, 1994-1997
6 HARVARD AGAIN
The Professor, 1997-1968
7 THE FRINGES OF POWER
Kennedy, Johnson, and Rockefeller, 1961-1968
8 THE CO-CONSPIRATORS
Kissinger and Nixon, 1968
9 WELCOME TO VIETNAM
Secret Options, Secret Bombings
10 KISSINGER'S EMPIRE
The Boss's Power and How He Operated
11 THE WIRETAPS
Office Bugs, Dead Keys, and Other Devices
12 No EXIT
Vietnam Swallows Another Administration
13 THE INVASION or CAMBODIA
An Expanded War, Resignations, and Rage
14 Two WEEKS IN SEPTEMBER
An Hour-by-Hour Look at the Art of Crisis Juggling
15 SALT
Arms Control in the Back Channel
16 CHINA
Creating a Triangle
17 CELEBRITY
The Secret Life of the World's Least Likely Sex Symbol
18 WINTER OF THE LONG KNIVES
After a Mishandled War, Kissinger Hits a Low Point
19 THE TRIANGLE
Summit Spring in Moscow and Beijing
20 PEACE AT HAND
The Paris Talks Produce an Elusive Accord
21 THE CHRISTMAS BOMBING
Hanoi Is Hit in Order to Convince Saigon to Sign
22 SECRETARY OF STATE
A Rise That Was Helped Because Everyone Else
Was Sinking
23 THE YOM KIPPUR WAR
A Mideast Initiation, a Resupply Dispute,
and a Nuclear Alert
24 THE SHUTTLE
Step by Step Through Israel, Egypt, and Syria
25 THE PRESS
How to Be Captivating on a Background Basis
26 TRANSITIONS
The Final Days, and a New Beginning
27 THE DEATH OF DETENTE
An Odd Coalition Takes" a Hard Line
28 THE MAGIC IS GONE
Setbacks in the Sinai and Southeast Asia
29 MORALITY IN FOREIGN POLICY
Kissl"nger's Realpolitik and How It Was Challenged
30 AFRICA
Covert Involvement Followed by Shuttle Diplomacy
31 EXIT
Not with a Bang but a Whimper
32 CITIZEN KISSINGER
The let-Set Life of a Minister Without Portfolio
33 KISSINGER ASSOCIATES
How the World's Most Famous Consultant Struck It Rich
34 LEGACY
Policy and Personality
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index