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"A supreme pragmatist, Kissinger was never interested in the art of the impossible - and nor, as a bi..." — Alistair Horne

A supreme pragmatist, Kissinger was never interested in the art of the impossible - and nor, as a biographer, am I. That is why, having initially been invited to write his entire official biography, I eventually decided to devote myself to writing just one year in his life: 1973.
Alistair Horne
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