TY - GEN AU - Isaacson, Walter TI - Kissinger : a biography SN - 9780743286978 U1 - 920 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Simon & Schuster, 1992 N1 - Contents Introduction (to the 2005 Edition): Kissinger's Realism and Today's Crusading Idealism 9 Introduction 13 1 FURTH Coming of Age in Nazi Germany, 1923-1938 17 2 HlNGTON HEIGHTS The Americanization of an Aspiring Accountant, 1938-43 33 3 THE ARMY "Mr. Henry" Comes Marching Home Again, 1943-1947 39 4 HARVARD The Ambitious Student, 1947-1957 59 5 NEW YORK In the Service of the Establishment, 1954-1957 82 6 HARVARD AGAIN The Professor, 1957-1968 94 7 THE FRINGES OF POWER Kennedy, Johnson, and Rockefeller, 1961-1968 109 8 THE CO-CONSPIRATORS Kissinger and Nixon, 1968 129 9 WELCOME TO VIETNAM Secret Options, Secret Bombings 157 10 KISSINGER'S EMPIRE The Boss's Power and How He Operated 183 11 THE WIRETAPS Office Bugs, Dead Keys, and Other Devices 212 12 NO EXIT Vietnam Swallows Another Administration 234 13 THE INVASION OF CAMBODIA An Expanded War, Resignations, and Rage 256 14 Two WEEKS IN SEPTEMBER An Hour-by-Hour Look at the Art of Crisis Juggling 285 15 SALT Arms Control in the Back Channel 316 16 CHINA Creating a Triangle 333 17 CELEBRITY The Secret Life of the World's Least Likely Sex Symbol 355 18 WINTER OF THE LONG KNIVES After a Mishandled War, Kissinger Hits a Low Point 371 19 THE TRIANGLE Summit Spring in Moscow and Beijing 399 20 PEACE AT HAND The Paris Talks Produce an Elusive Accord 439 21 THE CHRISTMAS BOMBING Hanoi Is Hit in Order to Convince Saigon to Sign 461 22 SECRETARY OF STATE A Rise That Was Helped Because Everyone Else Was Sinking 491 23 THE YOM KIPPUR WAR A Mideast Initiation, a Resupply Dispute, and a Nuclear Alert 511 24 THE SHUTTLE Step by Step Through Israel, Egypt, and Syria 546 25 THE PRESS How to Be Captivating on a Background Basis 573 26 TRANSITIONS The Final Days, and a New Beginning 587 27 THE DEATH OF DETENTE An Odd Coalition Takes a Hard Line 607 28 THE MAGIC ls GONE Setbacks in the Sinai and Southeast Asia 630 29 MORALITY IN FOREIGN POLICY Kissinger's Realpolitik and How It Was Challenged 653 30 AFRICA Covert Involvement Followed by Shuttle Diplomacy 673 31 EXIT Not with a Bang but a Whimper 693 32 CITIZEN KISSINGER The Jet-Set Life of a Minister Without Portfolio 705 33 KISSINGER ASSOCIATES How the World's Most Famous Consultant Struck It Rich 730 34 LEGACY Policy and Personality 760 Acknowledgments 769 Notes 771 Bibliography 827 Index 841 ER -