From the NS archive: Are great men also stupid?
24 January 2000: Helmut Kohl’s disgrace makes Anne Applebaum wonder if he was too busy hearing the hooves of history to attend to life’s details.
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Anne Applebaum
Anne Applebaum is a journalist and historian. She has authored several books including Gulag: A History (2004). She has written for the Economist and the Spectator, and is a former member of the Washington Post editorial board.
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