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Dec 2023
27m 28s

Kissinger’s Legacy

Bbc World Service
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Henry Kissinger was one of the most important diplomatic figures of the last 50 years. James Naughtie looks back at his global influence, as he reflects on his own interview with Kissinger, conducted just a year before his death.

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