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  1. As National Security Adviser under Nixon, Kissinger pioneered the policy of détente with the Soviet Union, seeking a relaxation in tensions between the two superpowers.

  2. Nov 30, 2023 · Nixon-era tapes and documents lay bare the calculations of Kissinger and others within the suspicious and secretive Nixon White House. In a taped 1973 conversation, Kissinger, the first Jewish secretary of state, is dismissive of pleas to push the Soviet Union to allow Jews to emigrate.

  3. Nov 30, 2023 · A year later, Kissinger looked on as a tearful Richard Nixon left the White House - overrun by the Watergate scandal. His successor, Gerald Ford, retained him as secretary of state.

  4. Sep 16, 2024 · Henry Kissinger was a national security adviser and secretary of state who helped shape U.S. foreign policy under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. In 1973 he shared the Nobel Prize for Peace with Le Duc Tho for their efforts to negotiate an end to the Vietnam War.

  5. Kissinger and Nixon is a 1995 American drama film directed by Daniel Petrie and written by Lionel Chetwynd. It is based on the 1992 book Kissinger: A Biography by Walter Isaacson. The film stars Ron Silver, Beau Bridges, Ron White, George Takei, Kenneth Welsh and Tony Rosato.

  6. Nov 30, 2023 · Kissinger and Nixon made sure that Israel had the military support it needed; but they also pressured the Israelis not to overuse military force, as that could pull the Soviet Union into the...

  7. Nov 30, 2023 · Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who played a pivotal and polarising role in US foreign policy during the Cold War, has died at the age of 100. He served as America's top diplomat...