The eagerly awaited third and final volume of memoir from the best-known American diplomats of the twentieth century?Henry Kissinger, a major figure in world history, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and arguably one of the most brilliant minds ever placed at the service of American foreign policy, as well as one of the shrewdest, best-informed, and most articulate men ever to occupy a position of power in Washington.This is at once an important historical document and a brilliantly told narrative of almost Shakespearean intensity, full of startling insights, unusual (and often unsparing) candor, and a sweeping sense of history. Years of Renewal is the triumphant conclusion of a major achievement and a book that will stand the test of time as a historical document of the first rank.

Perhaps the best-known American diplomatist of the twentieth century, Henry Kissinger is a major figure in world history, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and arguably one of the most brilliant minds ever placed at the service of American foreign policy, as well as one of the shrewdest, best-informed, and most articulate men ever to occupy a position of power in Washington.

CONTENTSList of MapsForeword1. A Ford, Not a LincolnThe Changing of the GuardThe New PresidentThe Domestic CrisisFord and CongressFord and the National InterestPart One: THE NIXON LEGACY2. The Man and the OrganizationAt the Edge of GreatnessThe President and His AdviserNixon and the EstablishmentNixon the PersonThe Taping SystemThe Operation of the Nixon White HouseThe National Security Council SystemEpilogue3. Controversy over DétenteWhat Was Détente?The Attack on Nixon's Foreign Policy: The Liberal ChallengeThe Conservative CritiqueSenator Henry Jackson and Détente: Strategy and Arms Control4. Jackson, Arms Control, and Jewish EmigrationArms ControlJewish Emigration from the Soviet Union5. China and Its LeadersTwo Styles of DiplomacyMao ZedongZhou EnlaiDeng XiaopingPart Two: FORD AT THE HELM6. The New PresidencyThe TransitionThe Ford TeamFord and His Secretary of State7. Cyprus, a Case Study in Ethnic ConflictThe Nature of Ethnic ConflictsMakarios: The Wily ArchbishopGreek-Turkish MinuetsCyprus EruptsThe Turkish InvasionThe Second Turkish InterventionCongress and CyprusConclusionPart Three: EAST-WEST RELATIONS8. Ford Inherits the Debate over DétenteHearings on DétenteThe Debate on Arms Control ResumesJewish Emigration from the Soviet Union9. A Visit with BrezhnevBrezhnev and the Kremlin LeadersThe Kremlin's Perspective on DétenteIn the Politburo ChambersA Step Toward a BreakthroughNuclear Condominium10. Vladivostok and the Crisis in American-Soviet RelationsArrival in VladivostokFirst Plenary MeetingThe Aftermath of Vladivostok: Détente Under StressJewish Emigration and the Collapse of the Trade BillFinal Note11. The Intelligence InvestigationsPrelude to the InvestigationsFord Charts a CourseThe Rockefeller CommissionThe Church CommitteeThe Pike CommitteeWas There an Intelligence Scandal and What Was the Outcome?Part Four: BREAKTHROUGH IN THE MIDDLE EAST12. Ford and Middle East DiplomacyThe CauldronForging a New StrategyThe Jordanian OptionThe Egyptian OptionHussein and the Peace ProcessTwo More Arab Visitors: Syria and Saudi ArabiaRabin Visits FordThe Rabat Decision13. One Shuttle Too ManyPost-Rabat BluesThe Exploratory ShuttleThe Shuttle That Failed14. Sinai II and the Road to Peace"Reassessment"The Resumption of Step-by-Step PolicyFord and SadatFord and Rabin: Another EncounterForging a New InitiativeAnother ShuttleThe Leaders and the OutcomePart Five: COLLAPSE IN INDOCHINA, TRAGEDY OF THE KURDS15. Indochina Tragedy -- The Beginning of the EndThe Strangulation of VietnamFord and VietnamHanoi's BuildupHanoi Resumes the OffensiveThe End of the Road16. The Collapse of CambodiaThe Myth of the Failure to Negotiate on CambodiaThe Final Collapse17. The End of VietnamThe Debate over EvacuationThe Search for a Political SolutionThe EvacuationThe Last Day18. Anatomy of a Crisis: The MayaguezHow to Liberate a ShipThe Freeing of the MayaguezPostmortems19. Tragedy of the KurdsOrigins of the ProgramInternal ControversiesThe End of Kurdish AutonomyThe Collapse of Kurdish ResistancePart Six: THE ATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP20. The Restoration of Western UnityHarold Wilson and James Callaghan: The Operation of the Special RelationshipHelmut Schmidt and Hans-Dietrich Genscher: Alliance and UnificationValéry Giscard d'Estaing -- France: Ally or Gadfly?Eurocommunism and the Atlantic Alliance21. The European Security ConferenceAleksandr SolzhenitsynPrelude to HelsinkiHelsinkiAftermath22. The Energy CrisisAn Emerging StrategyA Long-Term StrategyThe Implementation of the Energy ProgramConsumer Solidarity: Meeting with Giscard at MartiniqueSeparate Oil DealsThe Rambouillet SummitThe Consumer/Producer DialoguePart Seven: LATIN AMERICA23. Panama, Mexico, and the "New Dialogue"Nixon and the "Mature Partnership"Panama Canal Negotiations: First PhaseMexico and the New DialogueThe Conference of TlatelolcoThe End of the New Dialogue24. Brazil, Chile, and Western Hemisphere UnityFirst Visit to Latin America: Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, and BrazilChile, Human Rights, and the Organization of American StatesPanamaConclusion25. Cuban InterludeThe DialogueSources of Cuban ConductPart Eight: RELATIONS WITH THE COMMUNIST WORLD26. Civil War in AngolaGathering Storm CloudsThe Beginning of the InvolvementAngola Strategy Discussions: The African BureauThe Angolan StrategyThe Diplomatic FrameworkThe Tunney and Clark Amendments27. Last Visit to MoscowThe Halloween MassacreThe New Team in ActionThe End of East-West NegotiationsThe Doctrine That Never Was: Sonnenfeldt and Eastern Europe28. Preserving the Sino-American RelationshipA Visit to BeijingDialogue with Deng and MaoConversation with MaoFord and Mao: The 1975 SummitDomestic DistractionsPart Nine: SOUTHERN AFRICA29. An African StrategyThe ChallengeThe World Looks at AngolaShaping of an Angolan StrategyComponents of a StrategyAfrican Policy and the Domestic Consensus30. First Visit to AfricaAnthony Crosland and the Role of BritainJomo Kenyatta: The Extinct VolcanoJulius Nyerere and Tanzania: The Ambivalent IntellectualKenneth Kaunda: The Closet ModerateMobutu: The Controversial AllyLiberia: History Without a PointLeopold Senghor: The Philosopher-KingNairobi: Meeting with Front-Line MinistersReturn to Washington31. Toward Majority Rule in Southern AfricaSouth Africa and the United StatesMeeting South Africa's Prime MinisterGreat Britain and the Front-Line StatesAnother Sortie to AfricaAfrican ComplexitiesA Political Program for Rhodesia32. Breakthrough to Majority RuleSecond Meeting with VorsterAnother Round with Nyerere and KaundaAnother Visit to LusakaBreakthrough with Vorster and SmithReaction of Kaunda and NyerereBlow-up with LondonReturn to WashingtonPart Ten: END OF THE FORD PRESIDENCY33. Civil War in Lebanon and Middle East PeaceThe Lebanon Crisis UnfoldsBack to the Peace ProcessSadat and Rabin Visit WashingtonSyrian Intervention in LebanonReturn to the Peace Process34. ReflectionsThe End of the Ford Administration Morality and PragmatismA Personal NoteNotesIndex