Henry Kissinger, , Former Secretary of State, , Dead at 100.<br />Kissinger died on Nov. 29 at his home <br />in Connecticut, NBC News reports. .<br />Born in Germany in 1923, Kissinger and his family <br />came to America to escape the Nazis in 1938.<br />He joined the U.S. Army in 1943, <br />becoming an interpreter and <br />intelligence officer during World War II.<br />Kissinger went on to receive <br />his PhD from Harvard and taught <br />international relations for nearly two decades.<br />He was appointed national security adviser <br />in 1969 by President Richard Nixon.<br />Kissinger went on to serve as secretary <br />of state for both Nixon and Gerald Ford.<br />He is credited with normalizing relations <br />with China, easing tensions with the Soviet Union, negotiating to end the Vietnam War and more.<br />Later in his career, Kissinger regularly consulted <br />other American presidents from both political <br />parties, in addition to foreign leaders. .<br />He also wrote 21 books about foreign policy.<br />Throughout his life, he was awarded the <br />Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal <br />of Freedom and the Medal of Liberty.<br />However, Kissinger's tactics to reshape <br />national security were often polarizing, and <br />many of his critics saw him as a war criminal.<br />His bombing campaign in Cambodia amid <br />the Vietnam War, his participation in helping <br />Augusto Pinochet overthrow Chilean President <br />Salvador Allende and more have garnered immense criticism. .<br />His bombing campaign in Cambodia amid <br />the Vietnam War, his participation in helping <br />Augusto Pinochet overthrow Chilean President <br />Salvador Allende and more have garnered immense criticism. .<br />Sen. Bernie Sanders once described Kissinger as <br />"one of the most destructive secretaries of state in the modern history of this country," NBC News reports. .<br />Sen. Bernie Sanders once described Kissinger as <br />"one of the most destructive secretaries of state in the modern history of this country," NBC News reports. .<br />Kissinger is survived by his wife and two children
