Henry Kissinger And The American Century -

: At Harvard, he studied the 19th-century diplomacy of Metternich and Castlereagh, concluding that international stability depends on a "legitimate" order accepted by major powers, where questions of public opinion and morality are secondary to maintaining the status quo. Henry Kissinger and the American Century

Kissinger’s strategic philosophy was deeply influenced by his early life and intellectual formation:

: Born in Weimar Germany, Kissinger’s experience with the rise of Nazism and his status as a Jewish refugee fostered a lifelong skepticism of popular democracy and a fear of "democratic weakness".

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: At Harvard, he studied the 19th-century diplomacy of Metternich and Castlereagh, concluding that international stability depends on a "legitimate" order accepted by major powers, where questions of public opinion and morality are secondary to maintaining the status quo. Henry Kissinger and the American Century

Kissinger’s strategic philosophy was deeply influenced by his early life and intellectual formation:

: Born in Weimar Germany, Kissinger’s experience with the rise of Nazism and his status as a Jewish refugee fostered a lifelong skepticism of popular democracy and a fear of "democratic weakness".