VIDEO: With a Record Backing Coups, Secret War and Genocide, Is Kissinger an Elder Statesman or War Criminal?

Four decades after Henry Kissinger left office, his influence on the national security state can still be widely felt as the United States engages in declared and undeclared wars across the globe. Kissinger served as national security adviser and secretary of state in the Nixon and Ford administrations and helped revive a militarized version of American exceptionalism. We speak with Greg Grandin, author of the new book, “Kissinger’s Shadow: The Long Reach of America’s Most Controversial Statesman.”