Richard Nixon's accomplishments in foreign affairs have long been cited as enduring successes: during his Administration the United States reestablished ties with China, initiated detente with the U.S.S.R., and ended American participation in the Vietnam War. A Tangled Web challenges these views and stands on its own as the first fully authoritative account of the Nixon-Kissinger record in its …
This book is an account of the foreign policy of the United States, led by Henry Kissinger, during Richard Nixon's first term in the White House. It is also a story of a collaborative relationship that appears to be a series of diplomatic victories that can be reshaped. These were the years when China was reclaimed by American diplomacy; when the much-touted agreement on Strategic Arms Limitati…