How 1973 Nobel Peace Prize Sent Shockwaves Around The World

"It's the worst prize in the entire history of the Nobel Peace Prize," Norwegian Nobel historian Asle Sveen told AFP.

The Nobel Peace Prize awarded 50 years ago to then US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Vietnam's Le Duc Tho remains one of the most controversial Nobels ever. One of the laureates declined the prize, the other didn't dare travel to Oslo to collect it and two of the five committee members quit in an uproar.

"A total fiasco," in the words of Norwegian Nobel historian Asle Sveen.

"It's the worst prize in the entire history of the Nobel Peace Prize," he told AFP.