An unsurprising paean considering both the writer and the subject. Mr. Kissinger’s defect, after all, perhaps not unlike Schmidt, was not in his intelligence, d

An unsurprising paean considering both the writer and the subject. Mr. Kissinger’s defect, after all, perhaps not unlike Schmidt, was not in his intelligence, drive, or work ethic - features that Schmidt praises. It was, rather, a moral concern, an apparent belief that all means can be justified by a noble aspiration.