Henry Kissenger

(noun)

Heinz Alfred "Henry" Kissinger is a German-born American writer, political scientist, diplomat, and businessman. A recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, he served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

Related Terms

Examples of Henry Kissenger in the following topics:

  • Emerson and Thoreau

    • Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were important leaders of the Transcendentalist movement.
    • Ralph Waldo Emerson(May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) and Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) were two important American writers and leaders of the Transcendentalist movement.
    • Henry David Thoreau was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist.

  • Shuttle Diplomacy

    • The term was first applied to describe the efforts of United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, beginning November 5, 1973, which facilitated the cessation of hostilities following the Yom Kippur War.
    • [Henry Cabot Lodge], an old friend serving as Ambassador to Saigon, had asked me to visit Vietnam as his consultant.

  • The Role of the Government

    • Congressman Henry Clay was the primary advocate of this system, which had an explicitly federalist agenda; Clay was supported by the Whig party, and opposed by Jeffersonian Republicans.
    • Henry Clay says "Walk in and see the new improved grand original American System!
    • Henry Clay was a lawyer, politician, and skilled orator who represented Kentucky separately in both the Senate and in the House of Representatives.

  • Portugal and West Africa

    • Young prince Henry the Navigator was there and became aware of profit possibilities in the Trans-Saharan trade routes .
    • Henry wished to know how far Muslim territories in Africa extended, hoping to bypass them and trade directly with West Africa by sea.
    • In the next decade several captains at the service of Prince Henry - including the Genoese Antonio da Noli and Venetian Alvise Cadamosto - discovered the remaining islands which were occupied still during the 15th century.
    • Henry the Navigator in 15th century triptych of St.
    • Portuguese explorer Prince Henry, known as the Navigator, was the first European to methodically explore Africa and the oceanic route to the Indies.

  • The War in the Chesapeake

    • The British also attempted to attack Baltimore by sea on September 13 but were unable to reduce Fort McHenry at the entrance to Baltimore Harbor, due to recent fortifications.
    • The Battle of Fort McHenry was no battle at all.
    • The only light was given off by the exploding shells over Fort McHenry, illuminating the flag that was still flying over the fort.
    • Describe the burning of Washington, D.C. and the subsequent battles of Baltimore and Fort McHenry

  • The Election of 1840

    • In the wake of the Panic of 1837, William Henry Harrison won the Election of 1840 with his "log cabin campaign" appeal to ordinary people.
    • The opposing Whig Party was unified for the first time behind war hero William Henry Harrison, who utilized his "log cabin campaign" to recruit voters alienated by the national economic climate.
    • The three leading candidates were William Henry Harrison, a war hero and the most successful of Van Buren's opponents in the 1836 election; Winfield Scott, another general and a hero of the War of 1812 who was active in skirmishes with the British in 1837 and 1838; and Henry Clay, the Whigs' congressional leader and former Speaker of the House.

  • The Proslavery Argument

    • Among those most famous for propagating the proslavery argument were James Henry Hammond, John C.
    • The famous "Mudsill Speech" (1858) of James Henry Hammond articulated the proslavery political argument when the ideology was at its most mature.
    • James Henry Hammond, a wealthy Southern plantation owner, described this theory to justify what he saw as the willingness of the non-whites to perform menial work: Their labor enabled the higher classes to move civilization forward.
    • James Henry Hammond's 1858 "Mudsill Speech" argued that slavery would eliminate social ills by eliminating the class of landless poor.

  • Wilson's Loss at Home

    • The Republican Party—led by Henry Cabot Lodge—controlled the U.S.
    • Senator Henry Cabot Lodge led the Irreconcilables, who blocked approval of the Treaty of Versailles in America.

  • Madison and the Pressure for War

    • The primary leaders of the group were Speaker of the House Henry Clay of Kentucky and John C.
    • A portrait of Henry Clay, the leader of the war hawks' western faction, painted after the War of 1812.

  • Peace Overtures and the Evacuation of Philadelphia

    • Following France's entry into the war, Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton was ordered by the government to abandon Philadelphia and defend New York City, now vulnerable to French naval power .