Saki and Michael Dockrill Memorial Lecture 2021
Channel: War Studies KCL
Date: 18/11/2021

Achievements, Failures, or Crimes? The Kissinger legacy in American Foreign Policy

Chair: Professor Niall Barr, Head of Defence Studies Department and Dean of Academic Studies

Speaker: Professor Thomas Schwartz, Distinguished Professor of History at Vanderbilt University 

Henry Kissinger was one of the most powerful and influential American diplomats of the 20th century.  His name remains associated with some of the most important American foreign issues of the era, including relations with the Soviet Union, the opening to China, the end of the war in Vietnam, and the beginnings of peace in the Middle East.  However, the lessons of Henry Kissinger remain hotly contested within American public life, and this talk will explore the controversial issues surrounding his legacy.