Now he is in hell.
Ole Henry certainly profited handsomely from all his “diplomacy” and consulting. One can always judge the stature of a man by the company he keeps. In Henry’s case........
National Security Memorandum 200
>>What were the chances of such a man not merely gaining admission to study at Harvard, America’s most prestigious university,
Pretty good if he was talent-spotted during WW II while working in Army intelligence. He undoubtedly had some sponsor.
If Kissinger were the genius he thought he was, he would have played the Russia card against China, not the China card against Russia.
More influential than the first Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson? Or John Quincy Adams (treaty with Spain that garnered Florida for the US) or William Seward (gained Alaska) or George C. Marshall (the Marshall Plan)?
Henry Kissinger was a colostomy bag...
He helped sell out South Vietnam when the war was nearly won from Operation Linebacker II at Christmas 1972 just to get POWs back.
Kissinger was not a colossus and he certainly did not bestride a century. People do like to be dramatic.
Reagan kept him out of the government when he was president.