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Le Duc Tho was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Henry Kissinger, for negotiating a cease-fire in Vietnam in 1973. Le Duc Tho Full name: Le Duc ThoBorn: 14 October 1911, Nam Ha province, VietnamDied: 13 October 1990, Hanoi, VietnamDate awarded: 17 October 1973 The strategist who declined the Nobel Peace Prize Educated at…

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Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, jointly with Le Duc Tho, for negotiating a ceasefire in Vietnam in 1973. Henry Kissinger Full name: Henry Alfred KissingerBorn: 27 May 1923, Fürth, GermanyDate awarded: 17 October 1973 Ceasefire in Vietnam A student of history and political science, Henry Kissinger became a professor at Harvard in 1962.…

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Interview transcript Professor Josephson, welcome to this interview. We’re very happy to have you here today. You were very young when you got the prize, only 33, and when you made your major discovery you were 22. In which way has this had an impact on your life, to start off with?…

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