The United States was bogged down in an apparently unwinnable war in Vietnam in which 500,000 American troops were engaged. The Nixon administration took office with American foreign policy under considerable stress. Kissinger served as national security advisor from 1969 to 1973 and as secretary of state from 1973 to 1977, during the presidencies first of Richard Nixon and then, after Nixon resigned in 1974, of Gerald Ford. This actuarial accomplishment provides an occasion to recall and assess his considerable achievements, which make his career one of the most influential and important in the history of American foreign policy.
On May 27, Henry Kissinger will reach a personal milestone, his 100 th birthday.
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