Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2022-03-22
Books mentioned on Part Three: Kissinger
Robert is joined again by Gareth Reynolds & Dave Anthony (The Dollop) for part three of our epic six part series on Henry Kissinger. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.
Robert Evans discussed Kissinger's shadow by Greg Grandin, Henry Kissinger and American Power by Thomas A. Schwartz, and Kissinger by Niall Ferguson, and criticized The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Kissinger's shadow
Why people recommend it: Detailing the toxic reach of American foreign policy and the complex intellectual origins of state power, Kissinger's Shadow by Greg Grandin offers a sweeping critical examination of Henry Kissinger.
Discussed“And I'm going to quote from Kissinger's shadow by Greg Randon. Sitten, based on recommendations he received from General Kraton Abrams, the commander of military operations in Vietnam, would work up a number of targets in Cambodia to be struck.”
Where to get it
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Henry Kissinger and American Power
Henry Kissinger and American Power by Thomas A.
Discussed“In Henry Kissinger in American power, Thomas Schwarz writes, quote, Kissinger put forward a straightforward put forth a straightforward domestic political account for Nixon's motivation and thinking, noting that Nixon is not seeking a military victory, but he cannot go down in American history as the first US president to have lost the a war in which the US participated.”
Where to get it
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Kissinger
Kissinger by Niall Ferguson is a comprehensive historical biography examining the early life and political rise of the influential American statesman Henry Kissinger.
Discussed“You're all good friends from Harvard. Next, from Nyall Ferguson's Kissinger. No, said Shelling. We're a group of people who have completely lost confidence in the ability of the White House to conduct our foreign policy, and we have come to tell you so.”
Where to get it
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The Bomber Mafia
The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell is a work of narrative nonfiction examining the strategic bombing campaigns of World War II and the eccentric technologists who championed them.
Critiqued“It is worth noting for the sake of talking about how dumb we still are today. Um Curtis Lame, who was one of the people cheering on the bombing of this random island, is essentially the hero of Malcolm Gladwell's book, The Bomber Mafia, which talks about how cool the bombing apparatus we set up was”
Where to get it
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