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His polarizing years as the nation’s top diplomat reordered U.S. relations around the world.
Henry Kissinger, a ruthless practitioner of the art of realpolitik who had an outsize impact on global events and who won a premature Nobel Peace Prize for ending a war that kept going, has died.
A cunning, erudite strategist whose transformative diplomatic efforts helped to reshape the world, Kissinger was 100.
His death Wednesday was announced by his consulting firm.
The former secretary of State will be forever connected with President Richard M. Nixon, particularly for their efforts in three areas: getting America out of the Vietnam War, opening diplomatic relations with China and reducing tensions with the Soviet Union. For decades thereafter, Kissinger’s work with Nixon and President Gerald Ford earned him the role of the Republican Party’s elder statesman when it came to foreign policy.
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Henry Kissinger, a ruthless practitioner of the art of realpolitik who had an outsize impact on global events and who won a premature Nobel Peace Prize for ending a war that kept going, has died.
A cunning, erudite strategist whose transformative diplomatic efforts helped to reshape the world, Kissinger was 100.
His death Wednesday was announced by his consulting firm.
The former secretary of State will be forever connected with President Richard M. Nixon, particularly for their efforts in three areas: getting America out of the Vietnam War, opening diplomatic relations with China and reducing tensions with the Soviet Union. For decades thereafter, Kissinger’s work with Nixon and President Gerald Ford earned him the role of the Republican Party’s elder statesman when it came to foreign policy.
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Henry Kissinger, America’s most famous diplomat, dies at 100
His polarizing years as the nation’s top diplomat reordered U.S. relations around the world.
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