Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muiti we"Realpolitik", Kissinger akaita basa rinokosha muhurongwa hwekunze kweUnited States pakati pa1969 na1977. Munguva iyi, akatanga mutemo we "détente" neSoviet Union, akaronga kuvhurwa kwehukama neChina, akabatanidzwa mune izvo zvakazozivikanwa se shuttle diplomacy kuMiddle East kupedza Hondo yeYom Kippur, uye akakurukura Chibvumirano cheParis Peace, kupedza kubatanidzwa kweAmerica muHondo yeVietnam. Kissinger ave achibatanidzwawo nemitemo inopokana yakadai sekubatanidzwa kweU.S. muna 1973 muChilean coup yechiuto, "mwenje mutema" kuuto reArgentina junta nokuda kweHondo yavo Yakasviba, uye rutsigiro rweU.S. rwePakistan munguva yeHondo yeBangladesh pasinei nekuparadzwa kwevanhu
ari kuitwa nevakabatana naye. Pashure pokusiya hurumende, akavamba Kissinger Associates, sangano renyika yose rinopa mazano ezvematongerwe enyika. Kissinger akanyora mabhuku anopfuura gumi nemaviri pamusoro penhau yezvamatongerwe enyika noukama hwenyika dzakawanda.