He shaped a world of superpowers but to those without power he was ruthless. How did one diplomat hold sway for so long? Henry Kissinger was a complicated, insecure man who believed the US alone could impose order in a complicated, insecure world. For almost a decade from 1969, at the height of cold war instability, he became the international face of America - a very political diplomat almost as well known as his patron, Richard Nixon, the then president. Kissinger was also a Harvard academic a...
The Kissinger years: flawed legacy of the man behind US cold war policy
The Guardian - 2 Dec 2023 18:11
He shaped a world of superpowers but to those without power he was ruthless. How did one diplomat hold sway for so long? Henry Kissinger was a complicated, insecure man who believed the US alone could impose order in a complicated, insecure world. For almost a decade from 1969, at the height of cold war instability, he became the international face of America - a very political diplomat almost as well known as his patron, Richard Nixon, the then president. Kissinger was also a Harvard academic a...
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