The Unvarnished record of Henry Kissinger's high-stakes diplomacy during the world-shaping events of the Nixon years. THE KISSINGER TRANSCRIPTS These transcripts of Kissinger's conversations span the period of Nixon and Kissinger's greatest triumphs the opening of China and the success of the Nixon-Brezhnev Moscow summit and most dramatic defeats-Watergate and the decline of detente. The Kissinger Transcripts expands our understanding of Kissinger's diplomacy and offers an unparalleled view of American diplomacy as conducted by one of the most controversial Secretaries of State in modern U. S. history.