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  • American Experience Kissinger, Part 2 (Season 37, Episode 7)
  • TV-14
    TV Episode | 83 min | Documentary, Biography, History

American Experience

Kissinger, Part 2 (Season 37, Episode 7)
TV-14
TV Episode | 83 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Discover how Henry Kissinger's anti-Communist zeal would shape U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam, China, Chile, and the Soviet Union in the second half of the 20th century, through the voices of historians and colleagues.
Writer
Producer
Barak Goodman (producer)
Composer
Jonathan Kirkscey (music by)
Cinematographers
Richard Chisolm (cinematography) | Will Churchill (cinematography) | Zachary Fink (cinematography) | Daniel Hollis (cinematography) & 5 more
Editor
Status
Edit Released
Updated Oct 22, 2025

Release date
Oct 22, 2025 (United States)

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66 cast members
Name Known for
Scott Brick
Kissinger (voice) Kissinger (voice)   See fewer
Henry Kissinger
Self (archive footage) (archive sound) Self (archive footage) (archive sound)   See fewer
Winston Lord
Self - National Security Council Staffer Self - National Security Council Staffer   See fewer
Robert Brigham
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Jeremi Suri
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Niall Ferguson
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Richard Haass
Self - Diplomat Self - Diplomat   See fewer
Fareed Zakaria
Self - Writer Self - Writer   See fewer
Jianying Zha
Self - Writer Self - Writer   See fewer
Roham Alvandi
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Orville Schell
Self - Writer Self - Writer   See fewer
Thomas Schwartz
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
John Negroponte
Self - Foreign Service Officer Self - Foreign Service Officer   See fewer
Sam Hoskinson
Self - National Security Council Staffer Self - National Security Council Staffer   See fewer
Raad Rahman
Self - Writer Self - Writer   See fewer
Yahya Khan
Self - Foreign Service Officer (archive footage) Self - Foreign Service Officer (archive footage)   See fewer
Roger Morris
Self - National Security Council Staffer Self - National Security Council Staffer   See fewer
Gary Bass
Self - Historian (voice) Self - Historian (voice)   See fewer
Barbara Keys
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Juan Gabriel Valdés
Self - Chilean Ambassador to the US Self - Chilean Ambassador to the US   See fewer
Peter Kornbluh
Self - National Security Archive Self - National Security Archive   See fewer
Ariel Dorfman
Self - Writer, Fmr. Allende Advisor Self - Writer, Fmr. Allende Advisor   See fewer
Kyle Burke
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Carolyn Eisenberg
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Lien-Hang Nguyen
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
John Farrell
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Salim Yaqub
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
William Quandt
Self - National Security Council Staffer Self - National Security Council Staffer   See fewer
Greg Grandin
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
Elizabeth Becker
Self - Writer Self - Writer   See fewer
David Kissinger
Self - Son of Henry Kissinger Self - Son of Henry Kissinger   See fewer
Khatharya Um
Self - Political Scientist Self - Political Scientist   See fewer
Sophal Ear
Self - Political Scientist Self - Political Scientist   See fewer
Tran Van Lam
Self - South Vietnamese Foreign Affairs Minister (archive footage) (as Charles Tran Van Lam) Self - South Vietnamese Foreign Affairs Minister (archive footage) (as Charles Tran Van Lam)   See fewer
Tony Lake
Self - National Security Council Staffer (as Anthony Lake) Self - National Security Council Staffer (as Anthony Lake)   See fewer
Ben Rhodes
Self - Fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor Self - Fmr. Deputy National Security Advisor   See fewer
Spiro Agnew
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Salvador Allende
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
John Belushi
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Leonid Brezhnev
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
William F. Buckley
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Jimmy Carter
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Dick Cavett
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
John Chancellor
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Walter Cronkite
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Daniel Ellsberg
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Gerald Ford
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
David Frost
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Christopher Hitchens
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Duc Tho Le
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Jeb Magruder
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Nelson Mandela
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Zedong Mao
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
John McCain
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Golda Meir
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Pat Nixon
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage) (archive sound) Self (archive footage) (archive sound)   See fewer
John Pilger
Self (archive sound) Self (archive sound)   See fewer
Augusto Pinochet
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Princess Diana
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Gilda Radner
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
William Rogers
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Anwar Sadat
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Enlai Zhou
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
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