Henry Kissinger 
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SOURCE: National History Center
9/10/2020
TODAY: Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography
The National History Center and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars host a virtual discussion today featuring Thomas Schwartz, author of "Henry Kissinger: A Political Biography."
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SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
9/4/2020
I Danced in the Streets after Allende’s Victory in Chile 50 Years Ago. Now I See its Lessons for Today
by Ariel Dorfman
The Chilean author Ariel Dorfman warns that while his country elected a democratic socialist in a landmark election, it was unprepared to deal with violent and ruthless efforts to maintain the status quo. Joe Biden is no socialist, but if he wins, his administration and Americans at large must be similarly prepared.
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SOURCE: New York Times
9/3/2020
The Terrible Cost of Presidential Racism
by Gary Bass
The emotional displays of prejudice revealed by newly uncensored White House tapes involving Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger help to explain a foreign policy debacle.
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SOURCE: Salon
8/17/2020
Trump's Dodgy Israel-UAE "Peace Deal" Smells like the Work of Henry Kissinger
by Jim Sleeper
Is the Israel-UAE agreement to open diplomatic relations an effort to marginalize the Palestinian Authority? Jim Sleeper argues it's the sort of thing Henry Kissinger would do.
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SOURCE: The New Republic
8/13/2020
The Inevitability of Defending Henry Kissinger
by Jim Sleeper
A new book on the Cold War statesman offers a dangerous justification for the unaccountability of powerful figures.
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SOURCE: The New Yorker
5/11/2020
The Myth of Henry Kissinger
by Thomas Meaney
Barry Gewen's new biography of the American national security figure argues that Kissinger's perspective was shaped by stories older German emigres told him about the end of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Nazism.
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SOURCE: Time
2/6/19
How the U.S. Departure From Afghanistan Could Echo Kissinger's Moves in Vietnam
by David Kaiser
Neither involvement, in retrospect, was ever likely to have succeeded, because the political forces the U.S. chose to support were too weak to deal with an armed opposition supported from a neighboring territory.
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9/9/18
Kissinger Is at It Again
by Robert K. Brigham
At McCain’s funeral he presented himself as a foreign policy sage. He wasn’t one.
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SOURCE: Slate
8-15-18
An author defends his decision to write a new book celebrating Henry Kissinger
In Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest Level, James K. Sebenius, R. Nicholas Burns, and Robert H. Mnookin examine a number of Kissinger’s diplomatic moves, from Vietnam to China to southern Africa.
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SOURCE: The Daily Beast
7-25-18
Henry Kissinger Pushed Trump to Work With Russia to Box In China
The former secretary of state pushed one president to use China to isolate the Soviet Union. These days, he’s counseling almost the reverse—and officials are listening.
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SOURCE: The New Yorker
6-12-18
What Dr. Ruth told Dr. Kissinger at a dinner with Angela Merkel
by George Packer
When Kissinger said it was a mistake for Germany to admit a million refugees Dr. Ruth told her own refugee story.
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SOURCE: Atlantic
5/16/18 (date accessed)
Henry Kissinger is worried about AI?
by Henry Kissinger
Yes. He warns it might threaten the Enlightenment world the West aspires to embody.
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SOURCE: NYT
10-14-17
Documenting U.S. Role in Democracy’s Fall and Dictator’s Rise in Chile
An exhibition at the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago displays once-secret documents that describe covert operations and intelligence gathering on the Pinochet dictatorship.
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SOURCE: NY Daily News
1-13-17
Officials say Henry Kissinger is the target of a $150,000 assassination plot in 1977
There have been frequent threats against Kissinger in the past, most of them from Arab extremists.
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SOURCE: Politico
1-6-17
Researcher: Henry Kissinger Conspired Against Carter
Documents indicate Kissinger told the Pinochet government not to cooperate with the US investigation of the assassination of Chile’s former ambassador to the US in Washington DC.
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SOURCE: Dawn
1-4-17
Henry Kissinger’s Washington is coming back around
The president-elect who waged a campaign against global elites is turning to a man who knows most of them on a first-name basis.
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SOURCE: Independent
12-27-16
Henry Kissinger 'advises Trump to accept' Crimea as part of Russia
Kissinger proposes we swap support for Crimea takeover for Russian agreement to withdraw troops from rest of Ukraine.
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SOURCE: The Christian Science Monitor
12-20-16
Why Henry Kissinger is optimistic about Trump and his policies
'Trump is a phenomenon that foreign countries haven't seen,' Kissinger said on 'Face the Nation.'
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
11-10-16
World Chaos and World Order: Conversations With Henry Kissinger
The former secretary of state reflects on war, peace, and the biggest tests facing the next president.
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10-15-16
How Henry Kissinger’s Misguided Policy Helped Undermine Lebanon
by James R. Stocker
Historians for the most part have ignored his legacy in Lebanon. They shouldn’t. Here’s why.
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