This episode initially ran on Friday, December 1st, 2023
Henry Kissinger, the previous secretary of state beneath Richard Nixon, died on the age of 100 final yr. One of the well-known and highly effective diplomats of the twentieth century, some will keep in mind him as the one who received a Nobel peace prize for his work negotiating the top of the Vietnam conflict. For others, he’ll eternally be referred to as a conflict prison.
So what’s Kissinger’s legacy? This week, Jonathan Freedland speaks to journalist and creator Michael Goldfarb about how Kissinger got here to be one of the highly effective folks of the twentieth century, and why again within the Seventies he had the chance to criticise the person to his face – and selected to not. Does he remorse staying quiet?
Archive: CSPAN, ABC Information, Richard Nixon Basis
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