Henry Kissinger was influential in negotiating the Paris Peace Accords which ended American involvment in the Vietnam War.
Pragmatism, "realpolitik". Negotiating the US pullout in Vietnam.
It was Henry Kissinger.
Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger
Yes. A proponent of Realpolitik, Kissinger played a prominent role in United States foreign ...the Paris Peace Accords, ending American involvement in the Vietnam War.
In 1973, the Nobel Peace Prize was shared by Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho.
Henry A. Kissinger
Henry Kissinger was Richard Nixon's key foreign policy adviser, a Harvard history professor. Kissinger was prepared to use force to compel the North Vietnamese to reach a peace agreement. He believed North Vietnam had a breaking point. Together Nixon and Kissinger were to extend the war before achieving a peace settlement.
He got Henry Kissinger in there and he made all sides sit down and talk. I really think without Kissinger that it wouldn't have gotten done.
Henry Kissenger was actively involved in public and secret 'behind the scenes' talks with North Vietnam in Paris leading to the accords that brought about the complete withdrawal of American forces.
Robert McNamara was the Secretary of Defense that was sent to Vietnam on a fact finding mission. He was sent by President Lyndon B. Johnson.