Kissinger

In the Tragedy of Pax Americana, Kissinger looms like a titan. Though, in retrospect, his follies and crimes of omission and commission outstrip his towering achievements – Middle East shuttle diplomacy, prolonging the detente with Moscow, and the breakthrough with Maoist China, his finest hour. Napalm, Agent Orange, turning the landlocked Laos into the ‘Most […]

Henry Kissinger, who died on Nov 29, 2023, at age 100, was one of the most influential and controversial figures in American foreign policy. He served as national security adviser and secretary of state under the Nixon and Ford administrations and shaped the US strategy during the Cold War and its aftermath. He was praised […]