Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muiti we"Realpolitik", Kissinger akaita basa rinokosha mumutemo wokunze weUnited States pakati pa 1969 na 1977. 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, "chiedza chegirini" kuuto reArgentina junta nokuda kweHondo yavo Yakasviba, uye kutsigirwa kweU.S. kwePakistan munguva yeHondo yeBangladesh pasinei ne
kuparadza rudzi kuri 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.