Tom Wells
Historian and author specializing in American foreign policy and the Vietnam era, and author of The Kissinger Tapes and The War Within: America's Battle Over Vietnam.
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Mar 26, 2026 • 35min
Tom Wells, "The Kissinger Tapes: Inside His Secretly Recorded Phone Conversations" (Oxford UP, 2026)
Tom Wells, historian and author of The Kissinger Tapes, presents edited transcripts of Henry Kissinger’s secretly recorded phone calls. He walks through selecting revealing conversations. He highlights topics from Vietnam and Cambodia to China, Pakistan, Watergate, wiretaps, and Kissinger’s political maneuvering. Short, revealing snapshots that illuminate Kissinger’s tactics and era.
Mar 26, 2026 • 35min
Tom Wells, "The Kissinger Tapes: Inside His Secretly Recorded Phone Conversations" (Oxford UP, 2026)
Tom Wells, historian and author of The Kissinger Tapes, reveals how he assembled and edited secretly recorded Kissinger phone transcripts. He walks through the selection challenges and the tapes’ portraits of Kissinger’s character, his relationship with Nixon, and the secrecy culture that shaped Vietnam, Cambodia, Pakistan, and Watergate. Short, revealing stories and archival detective work drive the conversation.
Mar 26, 2026 • 35min
Tom Wells, "The Kissinger Tapes: Inside His Secretly Recorded Phone Conversations" (Oxford UP, 2026)
Tom Wells, historian of the Nixon era and author of The Kissinger Tapes, mined secretly recorded phone transcripts to illuminate a turbulent time. He discusses how he found and edited thousands of calls. Short takes cover Kissinger’s character, his secrecy and relationship with Nixon, debates over Vietnam and Cambodia, covert aid to Pakistan, Watergate links, and surprising personal anecdotes.
