Mary Sanchez: To understand Henry Kissinger’s legacy, talk to a refugee
Most Americans never met the storied diplomat and foreign policy expert, Henry Kissinger. We have the accounts of military historians, political pundits and foreign policy experts who dove deeply into episodes of the world history that framed Kissinger’ s work: the Vietnam War, Cold War policies, arms control agreements, the collapse of the former Soviet Union,...
Most Americans never met the storied diplomat and foreign policy expert, Henry Kissinger.
They likely knew his voice, that gravely rasp and the lingering reverberations of his native German. Or Kissinger’s burly frame, his highly recognizable silhouette.
But did they know the man himself, and the policies he had a large hand in crafting? Likely not.
Now that Kissinger has passed, we take a moment to assess his 100-year life. We have the accounts of military historians, political pundits and foreign policy experts who dove deeply into episodes
