Henry Kissinger’s real triumph

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Photo by Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images Editor’s Note: This piece was first published in May 2023 at the time of Henry Kissinger’s centenary birthday. It has been updated to reflect that the former US secretary of state died on 29 November 2023 at the age of 100 at his home in Connecticut. The centenary of Henry Kissinger, hailed as a genius or decried as a war criminal with equal fervour, unfolded on 27 May in a who’s who of hagiographic tweets, interviews and op-eds from across the establishment, culminating in a gala dinner at the fusty Yale Club...