In his long and multifaceted career as a diplomat, international lawyer, and statesman, George W. Ball has been at the center of many crises. His book is filled with candid portraits of major figures on the world stage, as well as keen and controversial insights into past and present international problems. Perhaps the most dramatic chapters describe the lonely and protracted fight waged by Mr. Ball, then undersecretary of state in the Johnson and Kennedy administrations, against our Vietnam involvement. He presents a spirited account of that struggle and reveals how Nixon and Kissinger, through a fatal error in negotiating strategy, prolonged the war for four years.
- ISBN10 0393301427
- ISBN13 9780393301427
- Publish Date 13 June 1984 (first published 17 May 1982)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 13 February 2003
- Publish Country US
- Imprint WW Norton & Co
- Format Paperback
- Pages 544
- Language English