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The Blood Telegram Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide

Gary J. Bass

A riveting history—the first full account—of the involvement of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in the 1971 atrocities in Bangladesh that led to war between India and Pakistan, shaped the fate of Asia, and left in their wake a host of major strategic consequences for the world today.

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Behind the Bastards

The book was referenced for a passage that was read out loud, detailing Nixon's personality and a question about his potential with love and affection.

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Despite all his global FaceTime, Nixon was a solitary, awkward, reclusive man. Kissinger, who could not bring himself to say that he was fond of the president, once famously asked, 'Can you imagine wh...

— Episode: Part Four: Kissinger

Episode: Part Four: Kissinger

The book was referenced for a passage that was read out loud, detailing Nixon's personality and a question about his potential with love and affection.

"

Despite all his global FaceTime, Nixon was a solitary, awkward, reclusive man. Kissinger, who could not bring himself to say that he was fond of the president, once famously asked, 'Can you imagine what this man would have been had somebody loved him?'

Nixon's only true friend was Bebe Rebozo, a Florida banker. He said, 'It doesn't come natural to me to be a buddy-buddy boy.'

Episode: Part Four: Kissinger

The book was referenced for its detailed account of Nixon's personality and his relationship with Kissinger, particularly highlighting Nixon's reclusive nature and Kissinger's assessment of the president's lack of love.

"

Despite all his global FaceTime, Nixon was a solitary, awkward, reclusive man. Kissinger, who could not bring himself to say that he was fond of the president, once famously asked, 'Can you imagine what this man would have been had somebody loved him?'

Nixon's only true friend was Bebe Rebozo, a Florida banker. He said, 'It doesn't come natural to me to be a buddy-buddy boy.'

Even H.R. Haldeman, the White House chief of staff, worried that the boss was too much in his own head and once tried to find the president a friend, tracking down an oil man whom Nixon had reportedly liked in his Los Angeles days and installing him in a bogus White House job.

Frank Mourning Cognac!

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