Henry Kissinger, f. 1923 - De fleste mennesker
kender navnet. Han er multibegavet langt over det normale; hans visioner er
materialiseret i en sjældent samarbejde mellem sin akademiske platform og
geo-politiske realisme.
Henry Kissinger, b. 1923
He was born in Fuerth,
Germany and came to the United States in 1938. Kissinger was naturalised a
United States citizen on June 19, 1943. He received the BA Degree Summa Cum
Laude at Harvard College in 1950 and the MA and PhD Degrees at Harvard
University in 1952 and 1954 respectively.
He was the 56th Secretary of
State of the United States from 1973 to 1977, continuing to hold the position of
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs which he first assumed
in 1969 until 1975. After leaving government service, he founded Kissinger
Associates, an international consulting firm, of which he is
chairman.
From 1943 to 1946 Dr. Kissinger served in the U.S. Army
Counter-Intelligence Corps and from 1946 to 1949 was a captain in the Military
Intelligence Reserve.
Most people in world know the name Henry Kissinger.
He was much in close to everything - academic and realistic in an extremely rare
combination. Kissinger wasn´t faultless, as it may be seem, however he
positioned as one of the greatest statesman in USA having no position as US
commander.