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Henry Kissinger: 10 conflicts, countries that define a blood-stained legacy

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger speaks at the George W Bush Presidential Center's 2019 Forum on Leadership in Dallas, Texas, on April 11, 2019 [File: Jaime R Carrero/Reuters]

To some, he was a titan of foreign policy, the Holocaust survivor who built a glittering career as the top diplomat of the United States and national security adviser during Presidents Richard Nixon’s and Gerald Ford’s administrations, leaving an enduring mark on history.

But to others, Henry Kissinger was a war criminal, whose brutal exercise of realpolitik left a trail of blood around the world – an estimated 3 million bodies in far flung places from Argentina to East Timor.

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