Description
First edition of Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy by Henry A. Kissinger. Octavo, xx, 463pp. Black cloth, title in silver gilt on spine. Stated “third printing” on copyright page. Previous ownership inscription in blue ballpoint pen on front free endpaper. In publishers dust jacket, $5.00 on front flap, near fine with a touch of wear along top edge of spine. An important work by Harvard Professor Henry Kissinger, who postulates that a “limited” nuclear war was now possible with the development of portable atomic weapons. His thesis has remained part of the strategic thinking of the United States since its inception.
Comments: This early work by future Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was nominated for the National Book Award for nonfiction.
