On this week's episode of History Reconsidered, Sumantra Maitra and Jarrett Stepman discuss the legacy of historian and statesman Henry Kissinger.
By his own words, Kissenger wanted to be thought of in that order--historian first, statesman second.
Maitra and Stepman talk about Kissinger's governmental and intellectual legacy. Few 20th century statesmen have been so vilified. Was this fair to Kissinger? Maitra and Stepman discuss how Kissinger played a key role in containing the threat of communism and creating the "American century."
Be sure to read Maitra's piece on Kissinger in The American Conservative, "‘Historian, More Than a Statesman."
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