Henry Kissinger, former secretary of state under Richard Nixon who became towering but divisive figure in foreign policy, dies
One of Kissinger’s arguably signature diplomatic accomplishments was laying the groundwork for the historic 1979 peace deal between Egypt and Israel, under Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin respectively.
It was following the Yom Kippur War in 1973 that Kissinger popularised his “shuttle diplomacy”, acting as a jet-setting mediator to help advance incremental peace talks among the two bitter enemies. This process eventually led to the 12 days of secret talks at Camp David, the country retreat of the US president – Jimmy Carter at the time – though Kissinger was no longer in office by then to see the culmination of his efforts.
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