ABSTRACT
The end of the Ford Administration in January 1977 brought to a close Henry Kissinger’s eight years of full-time Government service, with the Kissingers moving back to New York City. By far Kissinger’s most serious dispute with the Carter Administration came in 1979 when the government of the Shah of Iran was in a state of collapse and the Shah overthrown. Kissinger felt that the US had failed to support its long-time ally the Shah, or even comprehend what was taking place in Iran. During the 1980 Republican convention Kissinger became involved in a set of negotiations that might have restructured the American presidency and returned him to power as he long sought. Kissinger set himself up as a “statesman for hire,” providing his foreign policy expertise to corporations and others as a national security adviser to their chairmen and top executives.
