Henry Kissinger, Godfather of the Modern Geopolitical Age
With his passing, Henry Kissinger leaves a complex legacy. To some, Kissinger was Mycroft Holmes; to others, he was Professor Moriarty.
In the annals of history, certain figures emerge whose strategic brilliance and enigmatic aura transcend the ordinary.
To his friends and admirers, Henry Kissinger was akin to the elusive Mycroft Holmes of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlockian universe — a modern-day political savant whose intellect and influence navigated the complex webs of global diplomacy.
Like Mycroft, Kissinger possessed a razor-sharp mind, wielding intellect as his primary weapon. His academic prowess, honed at Harvard University, laid the foundation for a career steeped in the intricacies of international relations. Much like Mycroft’s behind-the-scenes influence in British politics, Kissinger’s fingerprints adorned some of the most pivotal moments in American foreign policy.
Both figures operated in the shadows, orchestrating grand geopolitical maneuvers with a finesse that eluded public scrutiny. Kissinger’s diplomatic finesse, much akin to Mycroft’s clandestine mastery, materialized in the closed-doors negotiations that birthed detente with the Soviet Union and heralded the opening of relations with China, seismic moves that reshaped the Cold War landscape.