Years of renewal / Henry Kissinger

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 1151 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates: maps, portraits; 24 cm. Contents:List of Maps (starting p. 11) -- Foreword (starting p. 13) -- 1 A Ford, Not a Lincoln (starting p. 17) -- pt. 1 The Nixon Legacy -- 2 The Man and the Organization (starting p. 43) -- 3 Controversy over Detente (starting p. 92) -- 4 Jackson, Arms Control, and Jewish Emigration (starting p. 121) -- 5 China and Its Leaders (starting p. 136) -- pt. 2 Ford at the Helm -- 6 The New Presidency (starting p. 169) -- 7 Cyprus, a Case Study in Ethnic Conflict (starting p. 192) -- pt. 3 East-West Relations -- 8 Ford Inherits the Debate over Detente (starting p. 243) -- 9 A Visit with Brezhnev (starting p. 261) -- 10 Vladivostok and the Crisis in American-Soviet Relations (starting p. 286) -- 11 The Intelligence Investigations (starting p. 310) -- pt. 4 Breakthrough in the Middle East -- 12 Ford and Middle East Diplomacy (starting p. 347) -- 13 One Shuttle Too Many (starting p. 385) -- 14 Sinai II and the Road to Peace (starting p. 422) -- pt. 5 Collapse in Indochina, Tragedy of the Kurds -- 15 Indochina Tragedy -- The Beginning of the End (starting p. 463) -- 16 The Collapse of Cambodia (starting p. 496) -- 17 The End of Vietnam (starting p. 520) -- 18 Anatomy of a Crisis: The Mayaguez (starting p. 547) -- 19 Tragedy of the Kurds (starting p. 576) -- pt. 6 The Atlantic Relationship -- 20 The Restoration of Western Unity (starting p. 599) -- 21 The European Security Conference (starting p. 635) -- 22 The Energy Crisis (starting p. 664) -- pt. 7 Latin America -- 23 Panama, Mexico, and the ""New Dialogue"" (starting p. 703) -- 24 Brazil, Chile, and Western Hemisphere Unity (starting p. 732) -- 25 Cuban Interlude (starting p. 770) -- pt. 8 Relations with the Communist World -- 26 Civil War in Angola (starting p. 791) -- 27 Last Visit to Moscow (starting p. 834) -- 28 Preserving the Sino-American Relationship (starting p. 868) -- pt. 9 Southern Africa -- 29 An African Strategy (starting p. 903) -- 30 First Visit to Africa (starting p. 925) -- 31 Toward Majority Rule in Southern Africa (starting p. 958) -- 32 Breakthrough to Majority Rule (starting p. 985) -- pt. 10 End of the Ford Presidency -- 33 Civil War in Lebanon and Middle East Peace (starting p. 1019) -- 34 Reflections (starting p. 1059) -- Notes (starting p. 1081) -- Index (starting p. 1121). Subjects: Kissinger, Henry 1923-Ford, Gerald R. 1913-2006. Jewish statesmen United States; Biography. United States Foreign relations 1945-1989. United States Politics and government 1945-1989.