White House Years and Years of Upheaval.

KISSINGER, Henry.

Item Number: 139777

Boston: The Easton Press, 1979-1982.

Signed limited editions of Kissinger’s White House Years and Years of Upheaval. Octavo, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in, illustrated with 48 pages of photographs. Volumes one of each are signed by Henry Kissinger. All volumes are in fine condition, from the library of businessman and philanthropist Ira Lipman, with his bookplate. An exceptional example with noted provenance.

Kissinger's White House Years and Years of Upheaval offer an intimate portrait of the 56th United States Secretary of State's role in U.S. foreign policy between the years of 1969 and 1977, as well as his relationships with Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. The White House Years covers Kissinger's beginnings in the White House, the Vietnam War, Nixon's visit to China, and the Moscow Summit. Years of Upheaval ventures into the Watergate Scandal and Kissinger's appointment as Secretary of State.