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Niall Ferguson: Henry Kissinger Reappraised, with Andrew Roberts

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The Idealist

Kissinger wrote a letter to his family explaining why he was staying in Germany. He wanted to make sure that the sacrifice made by fallen comrades would not have been in vain. Kissinger is seen as an ultimate realist, Machiavellian realist almost. But yet you have subtitled this book Idealist. So talk a little about this seeming dichotomy.

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