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Henry Kissinger, one of the best-known US secretaries of state, leaves behind a highly influential but deeply controversial legacy.
The news of the 100 year-old’s death at his Connecticut home has reignited commentary and debate across the globe about his role in the cold war, conflict in Vietnam, and intervention in some Latin-American countries.
Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 for helping to restore peace in Vietnam. But the decision was so controversial that two members of the Nobel committee resigned over it.
As Lester Munson explains, it’s hard to overstate Kissinger’s influence on 20th-century geopolitics. Much of his approach was guided by his experience as a German-born Jew, who fought for the US Army in his home country during the second world war.
“First fleeing from, then returning to fight against, an immoral regime showed the future US secretary of state that global power must be well-managed and ultimately used to advance the causes of democracy and individual freedom,” Munson writes.
Kissinger lived for a century, but his influence will last much longer.
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Erin Cooper-Douglas
Deputy Politics + Society Editor
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Lester Munson, University of Sydney
Former US secretary of state, Henry Kissinger has died, aged 100. His legacy, including his involvement in the Vietnam war, is long, complicated and divisive.
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Politics + Society
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Peter Thompson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Health + Medicine
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Tristan Salles, University of Sydney; Beatriz Hadler Boggiani, University of Sydney; Laurent Husson, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA); Manon Lorcery, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
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