Coming soon: The Kissinger Tapes: Inside His Secretly Recorded Phone Conversations by Tom Wells.
Just like Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger secretly recorded each of his phone conversations and left a trail of evidence in his wake.

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Just like Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger secretly recorded each of his phone conversations and left a trail of evidence in his wake.

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Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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