Henry Kissinger was a German-American diplomat and political scientist who served as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State under Presidents Nixon and Ford, shaping American foreign policy through realpolitik and détente with China and the Soviet Union.
Engineered the US-China rapprochement, détente with the USSR, and the Nixon Doctrine; exemplified realpolitik in American statecraft.
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