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The secret to Henry Kissinger’s success
Many think the retired diplomat’s closeness to one man — Richard Nixon — was the source of his power.
That gets Kissinger dangerously wrong.
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About halfway through writing my biography of Henry Kissinger, an interesting hypothesis occurred to me: Did the former secretary of state owe his success, fame and notoriety not just to his powerful intellect and formidable will but also to his exceptional ability to build an eclectic network of relationships, not only to colleagues in the Nixon and Ford administrations, but also to people outside government: journalists, newspaper proprietors, foreign ambassadors and heads of state — even Hollywood producers?
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