: At Harvard, he studied the 19th-century diplomacy of Metternich and Castlereagh, concluding that international stability depends on a "legitimate" order accepted by major powers, where questions of public opinion and morality are secondary to maintaining the status quo. Henry Kissinger and the American Century
: His wartime service in the U.S. Army and the discovery of concentration camps reinforced his belief that resisting evil requires physical strength rather than just compromise or norms. Henry Kissinger and the American Century
Kissinger’s strategic philosophy was deeply influenced by his early life and intellectual formation: : At Harvard, he studied the 19th-century diplomacy