NIXON, Richard. [Henry A. Kissinger].
Real Peace: A Strategy for the West.
New York: Privately Printed for Richard Nixon , 1983.
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The Self-Published Limited First Edition of Richard Nixon's Real Peace: A Strategy for the West; Signed by Him and Henry A. Kissinger
The privately printed limited first edition of Nixon's fifth book. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with gilt titles to the spine. One of 1,000 copies. Boldly signed by Richard Nixon and Henry A. Kissinger on the front free endpaper. Henry Kissinger served as a National Security Adviser under Nixon. Kissinger pioneered the policy of détente with the Soviet Union, seeking a relaxation in tensions between the two superpowers. As a part of this strategy, he negotiated the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (culminating in the SALT I treaty) and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, along with Le Duc Tho for their work in negotiating the ceasefires contained in the Paris Peace Accords on "Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam", signed the previous January. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
In this terse, closely argued book about geopolitical strategy, Richard Nixon asserts that while the tools of modern warfare have made war a practical impossibility, our differences with the Soviet Union remain profound, irreconcilable, and potentially deadly. How can we navigate between the impossible and the irreconcilable and establish a real, lasting peace is the sum and substance of the former President's message. First the author debunks what he calls the myths of peace, chimeras such as disarmament, peace-through-trade, personal friendships between leaders, and world government schemes. President Nixon says that such policies-pursued by themselves-have never averted war, and that we court disaster by pretending that they will now. Then he describes the key that can unlock the door to peace: "hard-headed détente," a pragmatic mixture of détente and deterrence that encompasses the full range of political and economic relations between east and West. He shows how we can use summitry, economic power and other means to deter Soviet misbehavior and at the same time reduce the chances of world war.
Real Peace: A Strategy for the West.
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