341 pages, Dust jacket has a few tiny tears and slightly yellowed due to age. Excellent condition for its age. See photos. Historically significant. This is a landmark 1980 bestseller, Richard Nixon presents an effective analysis of strategic shortcomings and a prescription for renewed strength. It covers Nixion's  years in office from 1969-1974, and his battles with the press, the Congress, and the American people. Nixon’s tough-minded views discussed in this book became a blueprint for Ronald Reagan’s military buildup and strategic initiatives—which ultimately paved the way for the end of the Cold War. Highly relevant to contemporary times, Nixon argues persuasively that America must assume a role of global leadership to make sure the war of annihilation never happens. The economic, material, and technological capacities to prevail are not enough, he cautions, without the resolve of national will.