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Henry. Alfred. Henry Kissinger-), a famous contemporary American diplomat and expert on international issues, 1973 Nobel Peace Prize winner. He served as assistant and secretary of state for national security affairs in Nixon administration and secretary of state in Ford administration.

Kissinger 1923 was born in a Jewish family in Felt, Germany on May 27th. 1938, he moved to new york with his parents to escape the persecution of Jews by Nazis. During the Hitler Massacre in 1930s, at least 13 of Kissinger's relatives were sent to the gas chamber. In this regard, Walter, one of Kissinger's biographers? Isaacson commented that almost all of Kissinger's personality characteristics-his philosophical pessimism, his self-confidence and insecurity, his emptiness caused by fragility, and his arrogance caused by his desire for praise-can be traced back to that historical disaster. After Kissinger went to America, his parents sent him to Washington High School. There are 5000 students in this school, many of whom are Jews. At that time, Kissinger's greatest wish was to be an accountant after graduation.

However, America's involvement in World War II changed Kissinger's fate. 1943 became an American citizen, and soon he was drafted into the army and served in the US Army. In the army, he was lucky enough to meet private Kramer, also a German, who became the first Bole to discover Kissinger. In the first conversation with Kissinger, Kramer decided that Kissinger was a natural wizard. 1944 In September, Kissinger's unit, the 84th Division of the US Army, was sent to the European battlefield. At the beginning of the second year, they entered Germany. Due to Kramer's suggestion, Kissinger was transferred to the headquarters as a German translator, and his rank was promoted from private to sergeant. In the last few months of World War II, he was transferred from the 84th Division to the 970th Counter-Intelligence Unit and was appointed as the staff officer of the Army Sergeant. 1945 In March, Kissinger was also appointed as an official to take over the occupied cities in Germany. During his tenure, Kissinger showed outstanding administrative ability, overcame his revenge on the Germans and used his power cautiously.

After the war, Kissinger returned to America. 1947 In September, he won a scholarship under the Military Rights Act and entered the Political Department of Harvard University. While studying at Harvard, Kissinger was honored to receive William? Elliot is his mentor. Eliot, a graduate of Oxford University in England, a legend of Harvard and a disciple of Hegel. His professor gave Kissinger a set of conservative political philosophy and became the second Bole to discover Kissinger. 1950, under the guidance of Professor Elliot, Kissinger completed his undergraduate thesis "The Truth of History-Reflections on Bingler, Toynbee and Kant". This undergraduate thesis is 377 pages long. Professor Elliot only read the first 100 page before he began to approve the "best". Kissinger's thesis was also mentioned in Harvard, because his thesis was too long, and the school was forced to formulate "Kissinger's Rule", which restricted the length of undergraduates' graduation thesis in the future not to exceed 1/3 of Kissinger's thesis. Because of his excellent academic performance, Kissinger was recommended to enter the postgraduate stage without taking the exam. /kloc-0 received a master's degree in 1952, and/kloc-0 received a doctorate in philosophy in 1954. Kissinger's doctoral thesis is entitled "Reconstructed World-metternich, Castell and Peace, 18 12- 1822". This paper focuses on the establishment and maintenance of the 18 15 Vienna system, which is actually a comment on the European classical theory of balance of power and establishes Kissinger's position as a realistic school. Kissinger was awarded the Summer Prize for his outstanding academic achievements. During his doctoral studies, he taught an introduction to sociology. He also organized a seminar on international issues and founded a quarterly magazine called Convergence. However, Kissinger's desire to stay and teach was rudely rejected by Harvard University. From 65438 to 0955, Kissinger had to return to his hometown of new york as the research director of the research group of the American Institute of Foreign Relations, responsible for drafting the conclusive research report and preparing to publish a monograph. 1957, Kissinger published the book Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy, and put forward the theory of limited war for the first time, which made Kissinger an instant hit in academic circles and foreign policy research. In the same year, Harvard University decided to hire Kissinger and awarded him the rank of lecturer. 1957- 1969, Kissinger was a lecturer, associate professor and professor at Harvard University. At the same time, he also served as the director of the special research project of Rockefeller Brothers Foundation, a member of the Center for International Issues, a consultant to the National Security Council and RAND Corporation.

In the presidential election of 1968, Kissinger served as Nelson? Rockefeller's foreign policy adviser, but later Nixon defeated Rockefeller, won the nomination of * * * and the party's presidential candidate and finally won the general election. In the election campaign, Kissinger once scolded Nixon, but Nixon let bygones be bygones. He took a fancy to Kissinger's diplomatic talent and decided to hire Kissinger as the assistant to the president for national security affairs, becoming the third Bole to discover Kissinger. 1969 65438+ 10 In October, Kissinger left Harvard campus and took office in Washington, D.C., realizing the transformation from a scholar strategist to a policy maker. 1969- 1973, Kissinger served as the national security assistant of the Nixon administration and concurrently served as the director of the National Security Council until 1975. 1973- 1977, he also served as the secretary of state of the United States and obtained the highest political position that an immigrant can obtain. During his tenure, Kissinger believed in balance of power diplomacy, actively promoted the Nixon administration to improve relations with China, and pursued a "detente" strategy toward the Soviet Union, thus building a stable world peace pattern based on balance of power. 10 In Paris, Kissinger completed the negotiations to end the Vietnam War and won the Nobel Peace Prize. At the same time, he also played an important role in easing the relations between Arab countries and Israel. 1In June, 977, President Ford awarded President Kissinger the Medal of Freedom, praising him as "the greatest secretary of state in American history". Soon, Kissinger retired from politics and initially wanted to return to Harvard to teach, but he declined politely for Harvard President Bok. Later, he was hired as a professor at Georgetown University, a consultant at the Center for International Strategic Studies at Georgetown University, a senior researcher at the Apens Society, and the chairman of the International Advisory Committee of Chase Manhattan Bank. 1982, Kissinger founded Kissinger joint consulting company, with himself as the chairman and his good friend and former assistant scowcroft as the vice chairman and general manager. After leaving politics, Kissinger continued to write papers, deliver speeches and publish works, which had an important influence on the foreign policies of Reagan Administration and Bush Administration. 1983 ABC news analyst. 1In July, 983, President Reagan appointed him as the chairman of the Bipartisan Committee on Central American Policy. 1986, Kissinger won the medal of freedom. 1September, 1986, Chairman of the US-India Committee. 1In March, 987, he was appointed as one of the two presidents of the American-Chinese Association. After 1989, when there was a crisis in Sino-US relations, Kissinger visited China many times and called for maintaining normal exchanges between China and the United States. On March 5, 2002, Dr. Kissinger gave a speech at the Washington National Press Club, introducing the course of the 30 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, and looking forward to the future of Sino-US relations. On October 27th, 2002/KLOC-0, Kissinger was appointed by US President Bush to investigate "9? Chairman of the independent committee of the "1 1" incident, 14 In February, Kissinger resigned as the chairman of the committee.