Paul Henze

Paul Bernard Henze (29 August 1924, Redwood Falls – 19 May 2011, Culpeper) was a writer, Central Intelligence Agency operative and American broadcaster with Radio Free Europe. During the Carter Administration he served as a deputy to National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski. Influenced by his friend Alexandre Bennigsen, this group advocated the promotion of Islamism as a tool for undermining Soviet hegemony in Central Asia.

Henze wrote The Plot to Kill the Pope in which advocated the view that the Soviet Union was involved in an assassination attempt on John Paul II in 1981.

Works

Henze has published 156 works, including: Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia (35 editions, 1999–2004) The Plot to Kill the Pope (18 editions, 1983–1985) The Horn of Africa: From War to Peace (18 editions, 1991–2016)

Personal life Henze died on May 19, 2011 (aged 86) in Culpeper, Virginia due to complications from a stroke.