Reckless

Contrary to current popular thought, there are unassailable facts. Unfortunately, these facts tell us little and when strung together in a list are dull and boring. Thus the need for historians: those who could provide color and context to our facts. Reckless by Robert K. Brigham examines Henry Kissi......more

Henry Kissinger is the grand doyen of the 'Realist' school of US Foreign Policy. One of the pillars of realism, along with an anarchic and security-centric view of states and their interests, is that high level bilateral negotiations by intelligent and empowered plenipotentiary, can achieve successf......more

Reckless: Henry Kissinger's Responsibility for the Tragedy in Vietnam by Robert K. Brigham is a study of Kissinger's role in the Vietnam peace process. Brigham, Shirley Ecker Boskey Professor of History and International Relations, joined the Vassar faculty in 1994. He is a specialist on the history......more

Kissinger was a megalomaniac - I think most of us knew that - but this research really showed how he clearly felt like he [alone] could dictate and deliver a settlement to Vietnam. He often lied or misrepresented his efforts to Nixon, engineered illegal military action in Cambodia, consolidated powe......more

Unsurprising but fascinating that Kissinger's time since the White House has been exactly the same as it was while there--a mountain of self-aggrandizing lies under which hides pathetic, violent failure.......more