Nixon called him “Jew boy” both behind his back and to his face. Despite such disdain and distrust, their shared ambition and insecurities melded together into one of the most fascinating (and powerful and, depending on one’s definition, successful) president-advisor relations in all of U.S. history. “Kissinger and Nixon both had degrees of paranoia,” future secretary of state Lawrence Eagleburger said. “It led them to worry about each other, but it also led them to make common cause on perceived mutual enemies.”
