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How Kissinger transformed the Cold War

HistoryExtra podcast

HistoryExtra

History

4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Henry Kissinger, who died in November 2023 at the age of 100, was one of the most significant, and controversial, figures of the 20th century. Matt Elton spoke to historian Rana Mitter about the American diplomat’s life and legacy. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome to the History Extra podcast, fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History magazine.

1:14.6

The American diplomat Henry Kissinger, who died last November at the age of 100, was one of the

1:21.8

20th century's most significant figures. And, thanks to his role in episodes including the Vietnam War and the bombing

1:29.6

of Cambodia, one of its most controversial. Matt Elton caught up with historian Rana Mitter

1:36.3

to assess Kissinger's life and legacy. Rana, we're talking today about Henry Kissinger, who died

1:43.1

at the end of November, and his role as an American diplomat and the huge impact and huge controversy he had across the course of the 20th century.

1:51.5

He was born in 1923 in Germany and came to the United States as a Jewish refugee fleeing Nazi persecution.

1:57.7

So I wanted to start by asking you what the impact of his early life was,

2:01.8

you think, on his later worldview and his later career, I suppose. I think his childhood was very

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