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Yet kissinger was also reviled by large segments of theamerican public, ranging from liberal intellectuals to conservative activists. By the time henry kissinger was made secretary of state in 1973, he had. His life and universe pdf by walter isaacson published on 10th april 2007. Isaacson traces kissinger s humble beginnings in germany through to his meteoric rise through the american political stratosphere, concentrated in the nixon and ford white houses.
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