Henry Kissinger, a brilliant master of the art of statecraft and one of the most polarizing figures of the Vietnam War era, died Wednesday at his home in Connecticut. He was 100. A man of towering intellect who shaped U.S. foreign policy during one of the most dynamic and explosive eras in the nation's history, Kissinger was both revered and reviled for his work in the Nixon White House, as he opened up China, eased relations with the Soviet Union and both enflamed and ended the Vietnam War. Kissinger's career in politics began with work as an unofficial advisor to...