To Understand Imperial America, Understand Kissinger

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 8, 2015

Greg Grandin argues that to understand America’s never-ending wars abroad, and our political polarization at home, we have to understand Henry Kissinger. Kissinger's Shadow: The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman examines Kissinger's writings and newly declassified documents, revealing how Nixon's top foreign policy advisor helped to revive a militarized version of American exceptionalism centered on an imperial presidency.

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Greg Grandin will be speaking and signing books at Book Court, 165 Court Street Brooklyn, NY, at 7:00pm on September 9

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