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Definition: Kissinger, Henry Alfred from Philip's Encyclopedia

US statesman and political scientist, secretary of state (1973-77), b. Germany. In 1969 he became Richard Nixon's chief adviser on foreign policy, helping to establish the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) with the Soviet Union. As secretary of state, Kissinger shared the Nobel Peace Prize (1973) with Le Duc Tho for negotiating a ceasefire in the Vietnam War. His diplomacy brought a ceasefire between Egypt and Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur (October) War. After the fall of Nixon, Kissinger continued as secretary of state for President Ford.

Kissinger, Henry (Alfred)

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
German-born US diplomat. After a brilliant academic career at Harvard University, he was appointed national security adviser in 1969 by President Nixon, and was secretary of state 1973–77. His missions to the USSR and China improved US relations with both countries, and he took part in negotiating US withdrawal from Vietnam in 1973 and in Arab-Israeli peace negotiations 1973–75. He shared the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1973 with North Vietnamese diplomat Le Duc Tho for their efforts in securing the peace settlement of the Vietnam War. His secret trips to Beijing and Moscow led to Nixon's visits to both countries and a general détente. In 1976 he was involved in the negotiations in Africa arising from the Angola and Rhodesia crises. In 1983, President Reagan appointed him to head a bipartisan commission on Central America. He was widely regarded as the most powerful member of Nixon's administration. Born at Furth in Bavaria, Kissinger emigrated to the USA in 1938. After work in Germany…
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German-born foreign policy specialist. Kissinger taught at Harvard University during the 1950s and 1960s. He served as national security adviser from 1969 to 1975, strongly influencing foreign policy. He held the post of secretary of state under Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford from 1973 to 1977. …
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Full text Article KISSINGER, Henry (1923-)

From The Encyclopedia of Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories
A German native who was born Heinz Alfred Kissinger on May 27, 1923, America's future secretary of state emigrated to the united states with his family in 1938, to escape Adolf hitler's persecution of Jews. On arrival in New York he changed his given name to “Henry” and quickly emerged as an…
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From The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Diplomacy
American scholar and presidential adviser. Born of German-Jewish parents who fled to America in 1938, Henry (formerly ‘Heinz’) Kissinger was a professor of International Relations at Harvard University until he was invited to be * national security advisor by Richard Nixon after his victory in the…
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Full text Article Kissinger, Henry A. (1923–)

From Encyclopedia of Cuban-United States Relations
Kissinger served as national security advisor from 1969–1975 and as secretary of state from 1973–1975 during the Nixon and Ford administrations. He became the architect of foreign policy for both presidents, largely because he and Nixon agreed on most issues and because of Ford's international…
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Full text Article Kissinger, Henry A. 1923-

From Encyclopedia of Chinese-American Relations
Henry Kissinger served as National Security Advisor and as Secretary of State during the Nixon and Ford adminstrations. He was unique among Secretaries of State because he had a doctoral degree in a relevant field, Political Science, and was a published scholar of power politics. He disagreed with…
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US academic and statesman. He was the main US figure in the negotiations to end the Vietnam War (for which he shared the 1973 Nobel peace prize), and Secretary of State (1973-7). His ‘shuttle diplomacy’, aimed at improving Israeli-Egyptian relations, had much success. It is not often that nations…
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Full text Article Kissinger, Henry Alfred (1923 to )

From Chambers Dictionary of World History
US political scientist and politician. His family emigrated from Germany to the USA in 1938, to escape the Nazi persecution of Jews. He was educated at Harvard, served in World War II , and subsequently joined the Harvard faculty. He became President Richard Nixon 's adviser on national security…
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Full text Article POWER

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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men ... There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it. [Letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 1887] Generally, nobody behaves decently when they have power. AMIS, Kingsley Radio…
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Full text Article COMMUNISM

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Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great. ATTLEE, Clement The Observer , 1956. [Of the Communist Party] Its relationship to democratic institutions is that of the death watch beetle – it is not a Party, it is a conspiracy. [Attr.] What is a communist? One who…
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Full text Article ENEMIES

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[When told that another Labourite was ‘his own worst enemy’] Not while I’m alive, he ain’t. In Foot, M. , Aneurin Bevan 1945-60 (1975). Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. THE BIBLE ; Matthew, …
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