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By the time Henry Kissinger was made secretary of state in 1973, he had become, according to a Gallup poll, the most admired person in America and one of the most unlikely celebrities ever to capture the world’s imagination. Yet Kissinger was also reviled by large segments of the American public, ranging from liberal intellectuals to conservative activists. Kissinger explores the relationship between this complex man's personality and the foreign policy he pursued.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Political History of the World by Jonathan Holslag, read by Roy McMillan. In three thousand years of history, China has spent at least eleven centuries at war. The Roman Empire was in conflict during at least 50 per cent of its lifetime. Since 1776...

Henry Kissinger is a prominent American diplomat and political scientist born in Germany in 1923, who fled Nazi persecution with his family and later became a distinguished figure in U.S. foreign policy. He graduated from Harvard University and earned a Ph.D. in international relations, where he gained recognition for his expertise. President Richard Nixon appointed him as National Security Advisor in 1969, and he played a crucial role in ending the Vietnam War through the Paris Peace Accords. In 1973, he became Secretary of State and was instrumental in shaping U.S. foreign policy during the ...

Vom bayrischen Fürth ins Zentrum der Weltpolitik: Die Laufbahn Henry Kissingers sucht ihresgleichen. Bis ins hohe Alter war Kissinger aktiv, die Politik konnte er nie ganz lassen. Für seine Anhänger war er der geniale Diplomat, seine vielen Gegner hielten ihn für einen skrupellosen Machttaktiker. Am Mittwoch verstarb Kissinger im Alter von hundert Jahren in seinem Zuhause im US-Bundesstaat Connecticut. - Erzählt vom emeritierten Professor des Arbeitsbereichs Globalgeschichte an der Universität Hamburg, Bernd Greiner.