Henry Kissinger, dominant U.S. diplomat of Cold War era, dies aged 100

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : While many hailed Kissinger for his brilliance and statesmanship, others branded him a war criminal for his support for anti-communist dictatorships, especially in Latin America.
59% : Ford called him a "super secretary of state" but also noted his prickliness and self-assurance, saying "Henry in his mind never made a mistake.
57% : Kissinger was at the height of his powers during the 1970s in the midst of the Cold War when he served as national security adviser and secretary of state under Republican President Richard Nixon.
54% : After leaving government, Kissinger set up a high-priced, high-powered consulting firm in New York, which offered advice to the world's corporate elite.
52% : "STRATEGIC ARMS ACCORDAs secretary of state, Kissinger went with Ford in 1974 to Vladivostok in the Soviet Union, where the president met Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and agreed to a basic framework for a strategic arms pact.
40% : After Nixon's resignation in 1974 amid the Watergate scandal, he remained a diplomatic force as secretary of state under Nixon's successor, President Gerald Ford.

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