YEARS OF UPHEAVAL: THE SECOND VOLUME OF HIS CLASSIC MEMOIRS
Book ID/图书代码： 12300011B47072
English Summary/英文概要： This second volume of Henry Kissinger’s monumental memoirs covers his years as President Richard Nixon’s Secretary of State (1972–1974), including the ending of the Vietnam War, the 1973 Middle East War and oil embargo, Watergate, and Nixon’s resignation. Years of Upheaval opens with Dr. Kissinger being appointed Secretary of State.
Among other events of these turbulent years that he recounts are his trip to Hanoi after the Vietnam cease-fire, his efforts to settle the war in Cambodia, the "Year of Europe," two Nixon-Brezhnev summit meetings and the controversies over arms control and dÉtente, the military alert and showdown with the Soviet Union over the Middle East war, the subsequent oil crisis, the origins of shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East, the fall of Salvador Allende in Chile, and the tumultuous events surrounding Nixon’s resignation. Throughout are candid appraisals of world leaders, including Nixon, Golda Meir, Anwar Sadat, King Faisal, Hafez al-Asad, Chairman Mao, Leonid Brezhnev, Willy Brandt, Helmut Schmidt, Georges Pompidou, and many more.
At once illuminating, fascinating, and profound, Years of Upheaval is a lasting contribution to the history of our time by one of its chief protagonists.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书是回忆亨利•基辛格作为尼克松总统的国务卿（1972-1974）期间的往事。其中包括越南战争的始末，1973年中东战争和石油禁运，水门事件和尼克松下台。《多年的巨变》从基辛格被任命为国务卿开始…… 在这些动荡的岁月中，除了那些广为人知的知名事件外，他还讲述了越南战争停火后，他前往河内，在解决柬埔寨动乱中起到的至关重要的作用，还有“欧洲年”事件，尼克松与布里兹涅夫的首脑会议，以及缓解军备控制的争论等，并在中东战争中因军事戒备问题和随后的石油危机与苏联摊牌，基辛格穿梭于中东地区进行着忙碌的外交工作。书中还描述了鲜为人知的历史事件——推翻智利阿连德总统，以及经历了一系列事件导致最后的尼克松总统下台。小说整体，坦诚的评价了世界各国领导人，其中包括美国总统尼克松，以色列总理梅厄夫人，埃及总统萨达，沙特国王费萨尔，阿萨德，毛主席，布里兹涅夫，德国总理维利•勃兰特，德国财政部长赫尔穆特•施密特，法国总统乔治•蓬皮杜还有更多……
《风云岁月》是一部富有启发性、文学性的深刻著作，堪称最后一本记载时代伟人事迹的历史文学巨献。(兼职翻译-YZH)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 亨利•基辛格56岁时出任美国国务卿，他出生于德国。基辛格1938年来到美国，1943年成为一名美国公民，他曾在美国军队服役，后来进入哈佛大学学习，并且成为了哈佛大学的教授。纵观他在任时的贡献，他当之无愧的获得了诺贝尔和平奖和世界自由奖。基辛格博士卸任后，目前是一家国际咨询公司的主席。 Henry Kissinger was the fifty-sixth Secretary of State. Born in Germany, Dr. Kissinger came to the United States in 1938 and was naturalized a U.S. citizen in 1943. He served in the U.S. Army and attended Harvard University, where he later became a member of the faculty. Among the awards he has received are the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Medal of Liberty. Dr. Kissinger is currently Chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm.
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