Henry Kissinger, the strategist who marked American foreign policy after the 50s, has passed away

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Henry Kissinger, the strategist who marked American foreign policy after the
Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of state and national security adviser who fled Nazi Germany in his youth to become one of the most influential and controversial foreign policy figures in American history, has died at the age of 100. Kissinger died Wednesday (Nov. 29) at his home in Connecticut, according to a statement from his consulting firm, Kissinger Associates.

Kissinger served as America's top diplomat and national security adviser during the Nixon and Ford administrations. Despite leaving office in the mid-1970s, he continued to be consulted by generations of leaders for decades. Kissinger dominated US foreign policy at the height of the Cold War.

He vigorously pursued a policy of détente that thawed relations with the Soviet Union and China

He was accused of tacit support for the bloody coup that overthrew a leftist government in Chile.

Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and convicted as a war criminal.


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