Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of state and national security adviser who helped open up relations with China, usher in a detente with the Soviet Union and end America’s war in Vietnam, has died aged 100.
Kissinger’s death at his home in Connecticut was confirmed by Kissinger Associates, his consultancy, in a statement on Wednesday night, describing him as a “respected American scholar and statesman”.
Born in Germany, he fled the Nazi regime before the second world war, then became a US citizen and enlisted in the army during the conflict. After the war he turned to academia, teaching international relations for two decades at Harvard University.
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