Many authors have written about what they believe happened - or what should have happened - in Vietnam, but Henry Kissinger was there, at the center of events, involved in making all the decisions, from the extensive and exhausting negotiations with the North Vietnamese delegation to the final disengagement of America from the war.

For the first time, Kissinger provides us with an in-depth, insider's view of the Vietnam War. In this book, Kissinger writes with deep and precise knowledge of the subject and meticulously substantiates his statements by quoting his memos to President Nixon, as well as his responses.

He refers to the tragedy in Cambodia, the parallel negotiations with the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China, the disagreements between the Ford and Nixon administrations, the course of all the negotiations he was involved in, the unrest and protests within the United States, and the daily military and diplomatic reality as it reached the White House.

Unseen aspects of some of the world's most significant figures are also revealed, such as Johnson, Nixon, de Gaulle, Ho Chi Minh, and Brezhnev, who were trapped in a war that forever changed international relations.

This is a historical account from a high-ranking political figure - a book that serves as a valuable tool for reconstructing the events.