Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power ** SIGNED **

Dallek, Robert

ISBN 10: 0060722304 / ISBN 13: 9780060722302

Published by Harper/Collins Publishers, New York, 2007

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Number line: 07 08 09 10 11 NMSG/RRD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Preface by author at Washington DC. Book divisions: Part One - Brethern of a Kind, Part Two - The Limits of Power, Part Three - The Best of Times, Part Four - The Worst of Times. 612 pp. plus: Epilogue, Acknowledgments, Sources, Notes, Bibliography, Photo Credits, Index. Book has bumped top front corner, scuffed head of spine and rubbed tail. Text block is as new. Unclipped DJ has edge wear with several closed, short tears, creased corners on front flap. INSCRIPTION - Best Wishes / Robert Dallek in black ink. NOT personalized ! SIGNED by author. Heavy [weight] book will incur extra shipping costs, unless if shipped within Canada in a flat rate box. Bookseller's Inventory # 201373.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power ** SIGNED **
• Publisher: Harper/Collins Publishers, New York
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060722304
• ISBN 13: 9780060722302
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: True 1st USA Edition, 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: By Author
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

In this epic dual biography, one of our most distinguished scholars—the bestselling author of An Unfinished Life—probes the lives and times of two unlikely leaders whose partnership dominated American and world affairs and changed the course of history

Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger were two of the most compelling, contradictory, and important leaders in America in the second half of the 20th century. Both were largely self-made men, brimming with ambition, driven by their own inner demons, and often ruthless in pursuit of their goals.

Tapping into a wealth of recently declassified documents and tapes, Robert Dallek uncovers fascinating details about Nixon and Kissinger’s tumultuous personal relationship—their collaboration and rivalry—and the extent to which they struggled to outdo each other in the reach of foreign policy achievements. He also brilliantly analyzes their dealings with power brokers at home and abroad, including the nightmare of Vietnam, the brilliant opening to China, détente with the Soviet Union, the Yom Kippur War in the Middle East, the disastrous overthrow of Allende in Chile, and growing tensions between India and Pakistan, while recognizing how both men were continually plotting to distract the American public’s attention from the growing scandal of Watergate.

Authoritative, illuminating, and deeply engrossing, Nixon and Kissinger provides a shocking new understanding of the immense power and sway these two men held in affecting world history.

About the Author

Robert Dallek is the author of An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 and Nixon and Kissinger, among other books. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly, and Vanity Fair. He lives in Washington, D.C.