Books like White House years by Henry Kissinger

In *White House Years*, former National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger provides a detailed account of his tenure in the U.S. administration from the late 1960s through the early 1980s. He reflects on landmark moments—including his first meeting with President Nixon, the secret trip to China, the negotiations of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), the Jordan crisis of 1970, the India‑Pakistan conflict of 1971, and the historic summits in Peking and Moscow. Kissinger also discusses key events in Southeast Asia, the overthrow of Cambodia’s Prince Sihanouk, his clandestine meetings with North Vietnamese officials in Paris, the 1972 Christmas bombing, and the evolving Middle East landscape marked by Sadat's realignment away from the Soviet Union and the election of Salvador Allende in Chile. The memoir offers insights into U.S. defense strategy and diplomatic relations with Europe and Japan, giving readers an inside look at the decision‑making process behind major U.S. foreign policy actions.

First publish date: 1979