The submarine that tapped the Soviets’ phone
The USS ‘Halibut,’ under the command of Jack McNish, was a vessel with experience in secret operations and carried very advanced equipment for the 1970s
The night J.R. was shot
In the early 1980s, Spain succumbed to the bobbing beauty of Bobby and Pamela, the ethylic Sue Ellen — the real heroine — and the unabashed wickedness of J. R. Ewing
Henry Kissinger’s aphrodisiacs
The late statesman often said power is the most potent stimulant because it offers impunity and amnesia
‘A colossal jerk has died’: when celebrity obituaries are not kind
The jaw-dropping article in ‘Rolling Stone’ to cover the death of Henry Kissinger once again brings to the fore one of the most striking journalistic subgenres: the obituary in which the deceased does not exactly look good.
Kissinger and his crimes
Once you have killed more than 100 people, it doesn’t matter if you have killed a thousand or a million, you enter the category of statesman. You do it according to a strategy, a vision and for an idea, a country
Peter Kornbluh, analyst at the National Security Archive: ‘Chile is Kissinger’s Achilles heel’
The expert believes the U.S. involvement in the 1973 coup is a blemish on the former statesman’s legacy: ‘It’s a story that has haunted Kissinger’s legacy and will now haunt his ghost’
Kissinger’s dirty hands
The late American statesman wielded a blend of cunning and ruthlessness to influence global politics
Kissinger’s farewell to China
The former U.S. Secretary of State shaped the thaw between the two nations and was seen as a ‘good friend of the Chinese people’
Five essential books by Henry Kissinger: The scholar, the strategist and the intellectual
Since his doctoral dissertation, presented at Harvard in 1954, the most prominent, long-lived and controversial diplomat the United States has seen published valuable essays on politics and international relations over seven decades
Global leaders pay tribute to Henry Kissinger, but his record also draws criticism
Xi Jinping said the former US Secretary of State will be ‘missed by the Chinese people.’ A ‘Rolling Stone’ magazine headline said, ‘Henry Kissinger, war criminal beloved by America’s ruling class, finally dies’
Henry Kissinger, who shaped US foreign policy in the second half of the 20th century, dies at 100
The controversial winner of the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize winner passed away at his residence in Connecticut
‘The Barnes House’ in Chile
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In the long saga of the role played by the United States in Chile, Ambassador Harry G. Barnes Jr. stands out as an exceptional heroic figure
‘A pretty incompetent bunch’: Kissinger to Nixon after failed Chile coup in 1970
Declassified documents from the U.S. National Security Archive reveal a telephone conversation between the president and national security advisor after the failed CIA-backed plot
Former US diplomat Henry Kissinger celebrates 100th birthday, still active in global affairs
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Detractors have accused him of more concern with power than harmony during his tenure, enacting realpolitik policies favoring American interests while assisting or emboldening repressive regimes
The private meeting between Kissinger and Pinochet in Chile: ‘We want to help’
Ahead of Henry Kissinger’s 100th birthday, the National Security Archive has published a selection of declassified documents that illustrate the ‘darker side’ of the former U.S. secretary of State