Cover Story: A View of Henry Kissinger Riding High

The achievement of a negotiated settlement in the Viet Nam War is a personal triumph for Henry Kissinger, the most brilliant and fascinating figure in the Nixon Administration. An avid Kissinger watcher ever since their days at Harvard, TIME Diplomatic Editor Jerrold Schecter offers the following assessment:

HENRY KISSINGER is back on top now, his darkest days behind him. They occurred just after his celebrated comment in October that "peace is at hand." He became the victim of personal attacks then, with widespread rumors that his boss, President Nixon, was unhappy with his...

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