The Year That Never Was: Heath, the Nixon Administration and the Year of Europe

by Catherine Hynes

We thought we were tapping the idealistic tradition of the democracies when we put forward the Year of Europe', explained Henry Kissinger, National Security Advisor in the Nixon White House. 'We did not know what we were letting ourselves in for'. President Richard Nixon's claim during his second inaugural address that 'we stand on the threshold of a new era of peace in the world' reflected his relief at the formal conclusion of the war between the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1906359199
• ISBN13: 9781906359195
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: University College Dublin Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"