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The Legacy of Henry Kissinger

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Kissinger's Worldview Wins Out in American Foreign Policy

Dottie in East Baden: Kissinger embodies, his story embodies a lot of attention at the heart of the American identity as it relates to foreign policy. Do you buy that that he really believed that he was doing the righteous thing? Dottie: He also, at times, gets drunk with power and gets venal and becomes self-justifying. In 2023, Henry Kissinger's legacy remains hotly contested; calls for his trial in international court have persisted well into 21st century.

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