America’s paragon of foreign policy Henry Kissinger, who believed ‘power is the ultimate aphrodisiac’ dies at 100

America’s paragon of foreign policy Henry Kissinger, who believed ‘power is the ultimate aphrodisiac’ dies at 100

A Jew who fled Nazi Germany with his family in his teens, Kissinger in his later years cultivated the reputation of respected statesman, giving speeches, offering advice to Republicans and Democrats alike and managing a global consulting business. He turned up in President Donald Trump’s White House on multiple occasions. But Nixon-era documents and tapes, as they trickled out over the years, brought revelations – many in Kissinger’s own words – that sometimes cast him in a harsh light.

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