Kissinger

Contents Introduction 1 FURTH 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, 1947-1955 5 NEW YORK In the Service of the Establishment, 1954-1957 6 HARVARD AGAIN The Professor, 1957-1968 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 OF 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 Kissinger'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 Jet-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 IndexIsaacson, Walter is the author of 'Kissinger', published 1993 under ISBN 9780671872366 and ISBN 0671872362.