亨利·基辛格（英文：Henry Alfred Kissinger，1923年5月27日－），是一位齣生於德國的美國猶太人、哈佛大學博士、教授，與越南人黎德壽一同為1973年諾貝爾和平奬獲得者，原美國國傢安全顧問，後擔任尼剋鬆政府的國務卿並在水門事件之後繼續在福特政府中擔任此職（被稱為“美國曆史上最偉大的國務卿”），20世紀美國最著名的外交傢、國際問題專傢，中國人民的老朋友。作為一位現實政治的支持者，1971年7月，基辛格作為尼剋鬆總統秘密特使訪華，在美國外交政策中發揮瞭中心作用，為中美關係大門的開啓作齣瞭曆史性貢獻，他倡導緩和政策，使美蘇之間緊張的關係得到緩解，他與毛澤東、周恩來、鄧小平有過多次熱情的會見，並在1972年和中華人民共和國總理周恩來的會談中扮演瞭至關重要的角色，促成瞭中國的開放和新的戰略性的反蘇中美聯盟的形成。

1973年1月，基辛格在巴黎完成瞭結束越南戰爭的談判，並因此獲得諾貝爾和平奬。 2006年10月北京大學授予基辛格名譽博士學位。主要著作有《論中國》、《大外交》、《基辛格越戰迴憶錄》、《基辛格美國的全球戰略》、《白宮歲月》《復興年代》等。

慕羽，跨政治文化研究舞蹈學博士、北京舞蹈學院副教授、中國音樂劇研究會教學專業委員會委員。主要從事政治文化學跨學科研究，以及西方舞蹈和音樂劇等跨學科研究。主要著作有：《百老匯音樂劇》《西方音樂劇史》。

The Definitive Account Many other authors have written about what they thought happened -- or thought should have happened -- in Vietnam, but it was Henry Kissinger who was there at the epicenter, involved in every decision from the long, frustrating negotiations with the North Vietnamese delegation to America's eventual extrication from the war. Now, for the first time, Kissinger gives us in a single volume an in-depth, inside view of the Vietnam War, personally collected, annotated, revised, and updated from his bestselling memoirs and his book Diplomacy. Here, Kissinger writes with firm, precise knowledge, supported by meticulous documentation that includes his own memoranda to and replies from President Nixon. He tells about the tragedy of Cambodia, the collateral negotiations with the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China, the disagreements within the Nixon and Ford administrations, the details of all negotiations in which he was involved, the domestic unrest and protest in the States, and the day-to-day military to diplomatic realities of the war as it reached the White House. As compelling and exciting as Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August, Ending the Vietnam War also reveals insights about the bigger-than-life personalities -- Johnson, Nixon, de Gaulle, Ho Chi Minh, Brezhnev -- who were caught up in a war that forever changed international relations. This is history on a grand scale, and a book of overwhelming importance to the public record.