HENRY KISSINGER 1923 SECRETARY OF STATE AND FOREIGN POLICY EXPERT KISSINGER HENRY 1923 FOREIGN POLICY VIETNAM WAR U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION GLOBAL RELATIONS HENRY KISSINGER WAS BORN TO JEWISH PARENTS IN GERMANY HIS FAMILY CAME TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1938 TO ESCAPE THE NAZIS KISSINGER BECAME A U.S CITIZEN IN 1943 AND SERVED IN THE ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II AFTER RECEIVING A PH.D FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY IN 1954 HE WORKED AS A FOREIGN POLICY CONSULTANT FOR MANY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HE RETURNED TO HARVARD TO TEACH IN 1959 PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON NAMED KISSINGER ASSISTANT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS IN 1969 KISSINGER SERVED AS SECRETARY OF STATE FROM 1973 TO 1977 HIS MAIN ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE NEGOTIATING THE OPENING OF RELATIONS WITH CHINA AND THE PEACE AGREEMENT WITH VIETNAM FOR WHICH KISSINGER RECEIVED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE HE ALSO PROMOTED DETENTE OR A LESSENING OF TENSIONS WITH THE SOVIET UNION AFTER LEAVING PUBLIC OFFICE KISSINGER PUBLISHED SEVERAL BOOKS INCLUDING WHITE HOUSE YEARS AND YEARS OF UPHEAVAL
