The last surviving member of President Richard Nixon’s cabinet, Henry Kissinger shaped US foreign policy under the presidencies of both Nixon and Gerald Ford in the 1970s. Born Heinz Alfred Kissinger in Bavaria in 1923, Henry, as we would come to be known, was a Jewish refugee who fled Nazi Germany in 1938. Aged 20, he became a naturalised US citizen and fought for his … [Read more...]
Henry Kissinger, US foreign policy giant, dies aged 100
Henry Kissinger, the former secretary of state under Richard Nixon, became one of the most prominent and controversial figures of US foreign policy in the 20th century. He remained influential until the end of his life, in large part thanks to his founding of his geopolitical consulting firm and the authorship of several books on international affairs. Subscribe to Guardian … [Read more...]