Description
Signed limited edition of White House Years, the memoirs of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
Octavo, xxiv, 1521pp. [4]. Blue cloth, gilt title on spine, facsimile signature stamped on front cover. Light spotting to cloth, discoloration of blue on the spine. In the publisher’s slipcase, beige cloth, spotting to all panels, solid hinges. This copy is paired with the publisher’s first state dust jacket, $22.50 on the front flap, light sunning to the spine.
From a limited edition of 3,500 copies signed by Secretary Kissinger, this being number 787.
Henry Kissinger’s three-volume memoirs-White House Years (1979), Years of Upheaval (1982), and Years of Renewal (1999)-offer an insider’s account of U.S. foreign policy during his time as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Ford. The volumes chronicle major global events from 1969 to 1977, including the opening to China, détente with the Soviet Union, the Vietnam War’s end, the Yom Kippur War, and Middle East diplomacy. Written in a dense, analytical style, the memoirs reflect Kissinger’s realpolitik philosophy and provide both detailed historical documentation and a defense of his controversial strategies.
