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Henry Alfred Kissinger

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Henry Alfred Kissinger

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1923-05-27 （Fürth, Bavaria, Germany）
死没
2023-11-29 （Kent, Connecticut, U.S.） 100歳
国籍
Germany, United States
言語
English, German
宗教
Judaism
居住地歴
New York City (Washington Heights) → Kent, Connecticut, U.S. → Boston (Harvard University) → Fürth, Bavaria (birthplace) → Washington, D.C. (government service)

経歴

職業
Diplomat, Political scientist, Politician, Author, Consultant
活動期間
1950年〜2023年
所属
Center for International Affairs, Harvard, Kissinger Associates, Trilateral Commission, Council on Foreign Relations
所属団体
Aspen Institute, Atlantic Council, Bilderberg Group, Trilateral Commission, International Olympic Committee (honorary member)
影響を受けた人物
Klemens von Metternich, Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, William Yandell Elliott (mentor)
影響を与えた人物
Multiple generations of U.S. diplomats and foreign-policy practitioners, Numerous international relations scholars and policymakers

学歴

City College of New York
Accounting (studies)
期間: 1939–1943 (在学・中断)
国: United States
Studied accounting as a student; studies interrupted by military service
Harvard University
Harvard College (undergraduate) and Graduate School / Political Science
学位: PhD (AB, AM, PhD)
期間: 1947–1954
卒業年: 1954
国: United States
AB (1950), AM (1951), PhD (1954)

受賞歴

Nobel Peace Prize
1973
対象作品: Paris Peace Accords (negotiations to end U.S. involvement in Vietnam)
主催: Nobel Foundation
結果: 受賞（共受賞）
Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction
1977
主催: Office of the President of the United States
結果: 受賞
National Book Award (History)
1980
対象作品: The White House Years (memoir)
部門: 歴史
主催: National Book Foundation
結果: 受賞
Sylvanus Thayer Award
2000
主催: United States Military Academy at West Point
結果: 受賞
Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
2023
主催: State of Bavaria
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

A World Restored: Metternich, Castlereagh and the Problems of Peace, 1812–22

1957年 Diplomatic history / International politics 400ページ

A study of balance-of-power politics in post-Napoleonic Europe, based on Kissinger's doctoral work.

balance of powerlegitimacynational interest

Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy

1957年 International security / Policy 455ページ

An influential analysis of nuclear strategy and foreign policy during the Cold War.

nuclear deterrencestrategic balance

The White House Years

1979年 Memoir / Politics 800ページ

Memoir detailing Kissinger's role in the Nixon administration, including Vietnam negotiations and Sino-Soviet policy.

practical diplomacybackchannel negotiationsCold War diplomacy

On China

2011年 Diplomatic history / Policy 500ページ

A historical and strategic account of Sino-American relations and the challenges of U.S.-China ties.

U.S.-China relationsstrategic balance

全著作

  • A World Restored (1957); Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy (1957); The White House Years (1979); Years of Upheaval (1982); Years of Renewal (1999); On China (2011); World Order (2014); Leadership (2022)

翻案

  • Documentary 'Nuclear Tipping Point' (featured/commentary)

作風・主題

文体
Analytical, academic prosePolicy-oriented exposition
頻出モチーフ
balance of powernational interest and legitimacyRealpolitik

健康

  • Coronary bypass surgery
    1982
    Underwent coronary bypass surgery in 1982 and continued public activity thereafter. Heart-related issues were reported intermittently in later years.
  • Heart failure (cause of death)
    2023-11-29
    Died at home from heart failure on 29 November 2023.

評価・遺産

Regarded as one of the most influential practitioners of U.S. Cold War diplomacy, credited with détente and opening to China, yet heavily criticized for policies linked to civilian harm and support for authoritarian regimes; his legacy remains deeply contested.

関連学会

  • Council on Foreign Relations
  • Trilateral Commission

資料所蔵先

  • Related papers and materials held in Harvard University archives and other institutional collections
  • Kissinger Associates (business records)

大衆文化への影響

  • An emblematic Cold War figure appearing in documentaries and memoirs

引用

  • Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
    出典: Interview / public remark (widely cited) (1972年)
  • The emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union is not an objective of American foreign policy, and if they put Jews into gas chambers in the Soviet Union, it is not an American concern. Maybe a humanitarian concern.
    出典: Recorded conversation during the Nixon administration (1973年)

豆知識

  • One of the first honorary members of the Harlem Globetrotters (1976)
  • Honorary lifetime season-ticket holder of SpVgg Fürth (German football club)
  • Helped facilitate Pelé's move to the New York Cosmos