often extremely scholarly and well-written literature of the united states, the entire history and every aspect of its history. this makes no pretense to me, complete history of the country. but i m not aware of and henry kissinger confirmed this introductory note to put in sequence the particularly important decisions that each can make in the stage of the process? . . that same thing, essentially, could be said about other countries that have been less successful such as brazil and argentina. the difference has been in the statesmen who designed the institutions of government and directed the country at its most critical phases in that development. host: who, when it comes to the founding fathers, who was one of your heroes? guest: uh, well, in this sense i don t think i m particularly innovative other than perhaps the reason they re heroes. i think the principal figures were george washington and benjamin franklin, and they, of course, are legendary figures, and they