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 * 1) Analysis

One interpretation for the work of Kissinger in Vietnam is that he was the key character to obtain peace in the Asian country. When referring to the Nobel’s Will, it is stated that “… Shall have done most or best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses”. According to this statement, it is compressible that Kissinger was awarded the Peace Nobel Prize. Since 1969, when Kissinger was appointed as Secretary of State under the Nixon’s administration, he was ordered to start the peace negotiations to end a war which became clearer that could not be won. Kissinger negotiated during 3 years with his opponents, those negotiations ended up in the organisation of the Paris Peace Accords where the peace was finally signed. If we look at these facts, we clearly see that they match with Nobel’s Will statements who say that: the prize should be awarded to the person that “…will work towards fraternity between nations and the promotion of peace congress”. For this reasons, it is comprehensible that Kissinger was awarded de prize.

However, what people do not always know is that there is another face to this history. Around 1970 and 1971, the American Army bombed repeatedly the eastern side of Cambodia, a country which declared itself neutral to the War. The bombings targeted the North Vietnamese that had installed training camps and supply routes in the neutral country. According to Kissinger, such bombing was necessary to keep the pressure upon the North Vietnam administration in order for them not to drop down the peace negotiations; the operation was called “Operation Menu”[1]. On the 17th March 1969, Haldemann[2] wrote on his diary: //“Historic day. K[issinger]’s “Operation Breakfast” finally came off at 2:00pm our time. K really excited, as is P[resident]”.// Some historians argue that Kissinger is responsible for the killing of thousands of men, woman and children. They also argue that Kissinger (due to Operation Menu) is responsible for the rise to power of the Cambodian Dictator Pol Pot and as a result of the Genocide under the Khmer Rouge rule[3] that killed millions of Cambodians.

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[1] Kissinger named the operation after this name because the first planning of the attack had been approved in the White House around a breakfast with Nixon and the other members of State. The irony is that operation Breakfast was so successful that the rest of the operations were called: //Lunch//, //Snack//, //Dinner//, //Supper// and //Dessert//, as a result, the overall operation was called: //Operation Menu// [2] **Haldemann** was Nixon’s chief of staff [3] Khner Rouge refers to the rule of Pol Pot who was the leader of the Communist party over Cambodia