Henry Kissinger is one of the most controversial Secretaries of State in U.S. history— serving under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, never-before-seen transcripts of Kissinger's conversations, including top-secret talks with Beijing and Moscow, provide an unvarnished record of his brand of high-stakes diplomacy during the Nixon years. From the great triumphs— the opening of China and the success of the Nixon-Brezhnev Moscow summit— to the most dramatic defeats— Watergate and the decline of dé tente— these transcripts provide an unparalleled view of historical events that shaped the world and rocked the way diplomacy is conducted in the United States.