The Greatest Humanitarian

Bob Gersony was a high school dropout who became a State Department consultant, delivering unflinching analysis that often provoked his superiors but led to significant revisions to American foreign policy. Gersony interviewed over 8,000 people on 54 assignments throughout his life, visiting countries devastated by war and disaster. Guest: Robert D. Kaplan, author of "The Good American: The Epic Life of Bob Gersony, the U.S. Government's Greatest Humanitarian"