Pakistani crisis reveals his cold, calculating side.

From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: February 9, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: James Warren

In the Nixon White House, Henry Kissinger served first as national security adviser and later as secretary of state. His telephone transcripts reveal a man of great intellect, wit and charm. But they also show his cold calculation regarding affairs of the day, most vividly in a hands-off approach toward a bloody South Asian crisis in 1971.

In December 1970, Pakistan held its first free, democratic election for its National Assembly, with ...

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