{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68358f38e1abc4be6b02e111/68358f461b846c88bdd4448a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Was Zbigniew Brzezinski a Cold War prophet?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68358f38e1abc4be6b02e111/913acae303ef2d5a4f4d82cb52429851.jpg?height=200","description":"<div>Polish émigré Zbigniew Brzezinski – known as ‘Zbig’ – rose to prominence in America during the Cold War as a key intellectual architect of US foreign policy. He was National Security Advisor to President Carter and was a trusted advisor to many US presidents from John F Kennedy onwards. Yet, despite helping to shape American foreign policy during critical moments, he is not as well-known or celebrated as his lifelong rival Henry Kissinger.  </div>\n<br>\n<div>The Financial Times’ chief US columnist Edward Luce joins Freddy Gray on this episode of Americano to talk about his new book <em>Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America's Cold War Prophet. </em>The book aims to bridge the gap in the historiography of the Cold War and looks at Zbig’s legacy – from preventing a Soviet invasion of Poland, to strengthening relations with China, to shaping America’s response to 9/11. Was Zbig a Cold War prophet?</div>\n<br>\n<div>Produced by Patrick Gibbons.</div>","author_name":"The Spectator"}