Kissinger : A Biography

Explores the relationship between his complex personality -- furtive, brilliant, conspiratorial, prone to power struggles, charming yet at times deceitful -- and the foreign policy he pursued. Draws on interviews with Kissinger as well as 150 other sources, incl. Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, H. R. Haldeman, former S. Viet. Pres. Nguyen Van Thieu, Russian diplomats, cabinet colleagues, childhood friends, disillusioned aides, and business clients. Makes use of many of Kissinger¹s private papers, personal letters, recorded telephone conversations, his desk diaries and those of various officials, memos of classified meetings, and transcripts of FBI wiretaps. Photos.Isaacson, Walter is the author of 'Kissinger : A Biography', published 2001 under ISBN 9780788196676 and ISBN 0788196677.