Kissinger Born: Cold War's Most Controversial Diplomat
He was born in Fürth, Germany, in 1923, fled the Nazis with his family at 15, and ended up shaping American foreign policy for a decade. Henry Kissinger served as National Security Advisor and then Secretary of State under Nixon and Ford. He opened China, negotiated the Paris Peace Accords, and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 — which prompted two members of the Nobel Committee to resign in protest. He lived to 100. The debate about his legacy — brilliant strategist or amoral architect of suffering — never resolved.
May 27, 1923
103 years ago
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