Kissinger, Henry (Alfred)

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KISSINGER, Henry (Alfred)

KISSINGER, Henry (Alfred). American (born Germany), b. 1923. Genres: History, International relations/Current affairs, Politics/Government, Autobiography/Memoirs. Career: Founder and Chairman, Kissinger Assocs., Inc., NYC. Director, Harvard International Seminar, 1951-69, Director, Defense Studies Program, 1958-69, and Professor of Government, 1962-69, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Assistant to the President of the U.S. for National Security Affairs, 1969-75; U.S. Secretary of State, 1973-77. Publications: Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy, 1957; A World Restored: Castlereagh, Metternich and the Restoration of Peace, 1812-1822, 1957; The Necessity for Choice: Prospects of American Foreign Policy, 1961; The Troubled Partnership: A Reappraisal of the Atlantic Alliance, 1965; (ed.) Problems of National Security: A Book of Readings, 1965; American Foreign Policy, 1969, 3rd ed., 1977; White House Years (memoirs), 1979; For the Record: Selected Statements 1977-80, 1981; Years of Upheaval (memoirs), 1982; Observations: Selected Speeches and Essays 1982-1984, 1985; Diplomacy, 1994; Years of Renewal (memoirs), 1999; Does America Need a Foreign Policy?: Towards a Diplomacy for the 21st Century, 2001. Address: Kissinger Assocs., Inc, 350 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022, U.S.A.