Awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize along with [Le Duc Tho]? of Vietnam.
Served as the the U.S. Secretary of State 1973 to 1977 in the Nixon (1973-74) and Ford administrations.
With his first wife, Ann Fleischer, he had two children, Elizabeth and David.
Currently lives with his second wife, the former Nancy Maginnes, in Kent Connecticut.
His writings include Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy (1957), The Necessity for Choice (1961), The Troubled Partnership (1965), and Diplomacy (1994). Memoirs, The White House Years (1979), Years of Upheaval (1982), and Years of Renewal (1999); biographies by S. R. Graubard (1973) and W. Isaacson (1992); study by B. and M. Kalb (1974).
The book, The Trial of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens (2001) accuses Kissinger of murder conspirator and war crimes. The February and March 2001 issues of Harper's Magazine feature a series by Christopher Hitchens on the case for charging Kissinger with War Crimes. Hitchens presents an argument that 1) on at least one occasion, Henry Kissinger conspired to commit murder, and 2) that on numerous other occasions, Henry K. was the primary force behind certain acts that could quite plausibly be considered war crimes.
The primary charges against Kissinger: