Henry Kissinger Always Tended His Image, Even With His Obituary
Interviewing Henry Kissinger was a bit like negotiating an arms control agreement: Full of complexity, nuance, evasion and declarations you had to check. And utterly fascinating.
Stay updated with breaking news from Cold Warrior. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Interviewing Henry Kissinger was a bit like negotiating an arms control agreement: Full of complexity, nuance, evasion and declarations you had to check. And utterly fascinating.
The profoundly polarizing diplomat was a war-ender and a war-monger, a Cold Warrior and China opener, a romantic figure and realpolitik manipulator
Whatever else one thinks of the late diplomat, he possessed a seriousness that is totally lacking among Western statesmen today.
Within minutes of the announcement yesterday of the passing of the controversial, 100-year-old former U.S. Secretary of State and history-altering Cold…
Kissinger, who died November 29 at the age of 100, leaves a huge and tangled legacy. The man was the first Jewish-American U.S. Secretary of State. He is the recipient of a Nobel Prize. He is seen by a large swath of the world as an unrepentant war criminal responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths.