Henry Kissinger: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Studies of Kissingerâs life and work include Marvin Kalb and Bernard Kalb, Kissinger (1974); Seymour M. Hersh, The Price of Power (1983), a critical view of his activities in office; Robert A. Strong, Bureaucracy and Statesmanship: Henry Kissinger and the Making of American Foreign Policy (1986), on the relationships between ethics, bureaucracy, and statesmanship; Gregory D. Cleva, Henry Kissinger and the American Approach to Foreign Policy (1989), on the development of Kissingerâs political philosophy; Richard C. Thornton, The Nixon-Kissinger Years: Reshaping Americaâs Foreign Policy (1989); Robert D. Schulzinger, Henry Kissinger: Doctor of Diplomacy (1989), covering 1969â77; Gerry Argyris Andrianopoulos, Kissinger and Brzezinski: The NSC and the Struggle for Control of US National Security Policy (1991); Walter Isaacson, Kissinger: A Biography (1992); Christopher Hitchens, The Trial of Henry Kissinger (2002), a critical examination of his role during the Vietnam War; and Jussi HanhimĂ€ki, The Flawed Architect: Henry Kissinger and American Foreign Policy (2004).
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Article History
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| Add new Web site: CNN Politics - Henry Kissinger, a dominating and polarizing force in US foreign policy, dies at 100. | Nov 01, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 23, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Lowy Institute - The Interpreter - Henry Kissinger: A man for the times. | Apr 13, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 25, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Oct 09, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies - Henry Kissinger and the Study of Global Affairs. | Aug 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - Henry Kissinger: 10 conflicts, countries that define a blood-stained legacy. | Apr 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Wilson Center - Henry Kissinger and American Power: a political biography. | Sep 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC News - Henry Kissinger: Divisive diplomat who shaped world affairs. | Jul 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Wilson Center Digital Archive - Henry Kissinger. | May 07, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 19, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 30, 2023 | ||
| Added original name. | Nov 30, 2023 | ||
| Kissinger's death location updated. | Nov 30, 2023 | ||
| Updated with his death. | Nov 29, 2023 | ||
| Article revised and expanded. | Sep 26, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Biography of Henry A. Kissinger. | Apr 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academy of Achievement - Henry A. Kissinger, Ph.D. | Mar 14, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Council on Foreign Relations - Henry A. Kissinger Chair for U.S. Foreign Policy. | Mar 14, 2022 | ||
| Added the book The Age of AI: And Our Human Future. | Nov 03, 2021 | ||
| Removed âA.â from the article title. | Sep 30, 2021 | ||
| Article revised and expanded. | Feb 11, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Public Radio - Henry Kissinger. | Mar 15, 2018 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Jan 10, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 27, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nuclear Security Project - Biography of Henry A. Kissinger. | Dec 07, 2016 | ||
| Added photo of Henry A. Kissinger. | Sep 23, 2014 | ||
| Added the books On China and World Order. | Sep 23, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Henry Kissinger (1923 - 2023). | May 30, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of Henry Kissinger. | May 30, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - American Experience - Biography of Henry A. Kissinger. | Jan 11, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Henry Kissinger. | Jan 11, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S.Department of State - Office of the Historian - Biography of Henry A. Kissinger. | Jan 11, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The National Security Archive - The Kissinger Telcons. | Apr 12, 2011 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Nov 05, 2008 | ||
| Added information on awards and more recent books. | Nov 05, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 04, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 20, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Henry Kissinger. |
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| Article revised. | Jan 12, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Apr 28, 1999 |