Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contenidos : The Job Seeker

A New NSC System

Consolidating Authority

Vietnam: The Policy

Cambodia: The Secret Bombing

Korea: The First Crisis

The Wiretaps

Decay

Intrigues

Vietnam: Planning for Götterdämmerung

A Greek Tragedy and a Civil War in Africa

SALT: A MIRV Mistake

SALT: A Mistake Becomes a Policy

Southeast Asia: Policy Change and Escalation

Cambodia: The Coup

Vietnam: A Spring Invasion

In Full Control

Mideast: The Rogers Plan

Mideast: Misperceptions in Jordan

Cuba: A False Crisis

Chile: Hardball

Chile: Get Rid of Allende

Vietnam: The Quagmire Deepens

Protecting the Secrets

SALT: A Grain Deal

China: Opening Moves

China: Kissinger’s Secret Trip

The Plumbers

Mideast: Final Defeat for Rogers

A Berlin Settlement

Vietnam: A Missed Chance

The India–Pakistan War

Spying on Kissinger

Vietnam: Going Public

China: A Prime‑Time Visit

Vietnam: Hanoi’s Offensive

SALT: The Moscow Summit

Vietnam: Intense Negotiations

Vietnam: Politics Before Peace

Vietnam: The Christmas Bombs

The Price of Power

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Notes

Index

Copyright

The book examines Henry Kissinger’s career during Richard Nixon’s presidency (1969–1973), showing how he wielded immense influence over U.S. foreign policy. Hersh portrays him as a ruthless power operator, involved in the Vietnam War, secret bombings in Cambodia, the Chilean coup, and diplomatic maneuvers in China, India, Pakistan, and the Middle East.

The focus of the book is the “price of power”: Kissinger’s secretive decisions had huge human and ethical costs. Hersh criticizes his cynical pragmatism, political manipulation, and tight control of information, revealing the darker side of wielding power on the global stage.