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"There is a widespread view among the liberal intelligentsia to the effect that Henry Kissinger, U.S...." — Alistair Horne

There is a widespread view among the liberal intelligentsia to the effect that Henry Kissinger, U.S. National Security Advisor from 1969 to 1975 and Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977, was a bad man. That may even be an understatement. In this fashionable consensus, he is not just a bad man: he is a war criminal.
Alistair Horne
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