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The John Batchelor Show

2/2: #Vietnam. #PRC: :Henry Kissinger 1923-2023. Professor H.J. Mackinder, International Relations. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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2/2: #Vietnam. #PRC: :Henry Kissinger 1923-2023. Professor H.J. Mackinder, International Relations. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Kissinger

1968 Vietnam

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0:32.0

I'm John Batchett with Professor H.J.

0:34.4

Mackinder, International Relations, commenting on the passing of Henry Kissinger,

0:38.9

and how Kissinger took the Academy and translated it into policy.

0:44.0

The professor has mentioned the two major events in my youth,

0:48.0

which was the Vietnam War,

0:50.0

and then the opening of the pathway to China, to China Trade, a predicate for the

0:55.9

Chinese miracle which is a predicate for the Chinese hostility.

0:59.7

However, Vietnam, a country not much talked about in foreign affairs in this century, but it

1:07.1

dominated the news for 30 years in the 20th century.

1:11.7

Professor, your comment on Henry Kissinger

1:15.0

and making peace in Paris, the Liductau Peace Prize.

1:19.9

And was that understood by Kissinger as to be expedient as opposed to lasting?

1:27.2

Was it a surprise to him that it fell apart and that South Vietnam was rolled up so quickly by North Vietnam.

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