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Kissinger’s Draft Awakens a World-Shaping Path
Draft into the Army redirected Henry Kissinger from accountant dreams to international relations. A chance meeting with Fritz Kraemer sparked mentorship that propelled him from a North Carolina boot camp to Europe’s postwar administration and later Harvard professorships.
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Harvard
Nixon
Kissinger
China
Soviet Union
City College of New York
Army
North Carolina
Lafayette College
Easton
Camp Clairborne
Infantry
Fritz Kraemer
Kraemer
Secretary of Army