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    Kissinger evokes respect and vitriol in equal measure

    Sep 16, 2020 3 minutes

    Entire libraries have been written about Henry Kissinger, and even now, decades after he left government, vitriolic disagreements rage about his legacy. Vanderbilt University history professor Thomas A. Schwartz concedes at the outset of his new book, “Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography,” that he's taken on an impossible task: writing an objective biography of the country's 56th secretary of state. 

    Kissinger’s defenders cite his steady-handed policy with the Soviet Union, his pragmatic dealmaking everywhere from Israel to

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