Henry Kissinger

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critics would often call him Machiavelli. In reply he would respond, “Thank you.”), he helped presidents Kennedy and Johnson as a consultant on nuclear policy. It is through this background, and his Nuclear Weapons policy that gained him status as an expert in the field (Kissinger 67) that he was appointed to serve as a special assistant to Nixon for National Security Affairs (hence the origin of the position for a National Security Advisor).
In this compacity, Kissinger reigned supreme. Through shrewd tactics, and skillful political manuvering “he managed to usurp most of the duties for foreign policy into his own hands,” (Kissinger 156). In fact, it was through Kissinger’s skill in foreign affairs that the door to China swung open for president Nixon. Perhaps had it not been for Kissinger, the phrase “Only Nixon could go to China,” would be nothing more than a figment of our imaginations. It was his key role in molding Nixon’s actions, and aiding the president in his push to make ...

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