# Henry Kissinger **Domain:** Diplomatic history **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Henry Kissinger** (1923–2023) was U.S. national security adviser and secretary of state. His secret 1971 trip to China and subsequent diplomacy were central to U.S.–China rapprochement. ## Significance His role prevents ping-pong diplomacy from being misread as a sports event that independently caused normalization. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [Primary or institutional source](https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/rapprochement-china) ## Routes [[wiki/Zhou Enlai|Zhou Enlai]] · [[wiki/Foreign Relations of the United States|Foreign Relations of the United States]] · [[wiki/Ping-Pong Diplomacy|Ping-Pong Diplomacy]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]