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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.