Crisis Management: Kissinger, McNamara, and Rice

This week Uncommon Knowledge brings us interview excerpts from two former secretaries of state and Hoover fellows Henry Kissinger and Condoleezza Rice, and former secretary of defense Robert McNamara. All three have influenced American foreign policy through the years and through different crises, and all three believe that the United States possesses a particular responsibility in the world. (25:47)

Recorded on Thursday, July 4, 2013

Cast

Henry A. Kissinger

Henry A. Kissinger

Robert S. McNamara

Robert S. McNamara

Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice

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