21 JANUARY 1984, page 10

Kissinger Restored?

Christopher Hitchens Washington I t is arguably true to say that of all living American politicians, Dr Henry Kissinger h as s the most strongly developed sense of history. It......

Scandal-time In Germany

Timothy Garton Ash Munich 'W hy is Germany so boring?,' I am often asked. Or to be more precise: why do West German politics seem so bor- ing to the British newspaper reader?......