| Henry Kissinger, who was born in Germany in 1923, died on Wednesday at age 100. In the last years of his life, politicians, writers, and celebrities treated him as if he were the American Century incarnate. In a way, he was.
Greg Grandin, Nation editorial board member and author of Kissinger’s Shadow wrote his obituary. “As we consider the world Kissinger leaves behind, it is important to focus not on his outsize personality but on the outsize role he played in postwar history,” Grandin writes of the oftly-derided politician. “No former national security adviser or secretary of state has ever wielded as much influence after leaving office.”
Goodbye for good, Kissinger! We won’t be missing you. |
