Kissinger, a new two-part, three-hour biography, offers an incisive portrait of Henry Kissinger, the enigmatic powerbroker who served in the topmost echelons of American diplomacy. Explore the life of Kissinger, including his childhood in Germany and early life in America. Also, how his anti-Communist zeal would shape U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam, China, Chile, and the Soviet Union in the second half of the 20th century. Kissinger on American Experience premieres this Monday and Tuesday at 9 p

The War Machine Henry Kissinger Documentary

On this day in 1973, National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger started a new job in the Nixon administration: Secretary of State. The first foreign-born top diplomat, Kissinger was also the first (and only) person to serve as National Security Advisor while running the State Department. Premiering next month on PBS, our new two-part, three-hour biography offers an incisive portrait of the enigmatic powerbroker, from his childhood in Hitler’s Germany to his swift rise to the highest rungs of Amer