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Kissinger Biography Separates Man From Myth

January 6, 2021

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we are joined bythe Kissinger Institute’s Robert Daly and historian and author Thomas Schwartz. We discuss Schwartz’s latest book, Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography, which seeks to separate the man from the myth and provide a greater understanding of one of the most complex figures in U.S. political history.

Guests

Thomas Schwartz

Thomas Schwartz

Former Fellow; Member, History and Public Policy Program Advisory Board;
Distinguished Professor of History and Professor of Political Science and European Studies, Vanderbilt University

Robert Daly image

Robert Daly

Director, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States

Moderator

John Milewski

John Milewski

Director of Digital Programming; Moderator, Wilson Center NOW

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