A ‘Patriotic Heretic’ Favoring Renewal of U.S.-Russian Détente

... not violate international law.” [ 38 ] Despite its flaws, including regrettable civilian lives lost, it can be argued that NATO stood on the right side of history vis-à-vis Kosovo. Demonization of Putin Henry Kissinger is known to have said that, “[t]he demonization of Vladimir Putin is not a policy.... ... at Russia” (p. 115). Today, “[v]ilifying Russia’s leader has become a canon in the orthodox U.S. narrative of the new Cold War,” writes Cohen (p. 2). He claims that a reason for such demonization is the fact that among foreign leaders, Putin ...