The Trial of Henry Kissinger
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (718 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B007SRMFV0 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 213 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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lite_sleepr said I sometimes feel like I'm too dumb to read Hitchens. I sometimes feel like I'm too dumb to read Hitchens. I would think that he would clearly and concisely spell out his justification for labeling Kissinger a war criminal, and he does so, but with a lot of unfamiliar references. Hitchens assumes that you are already familiar with the characters he uses to build his case against Kissinger, and I had to spend just as much time Googling and Wikipedia'ing all the characters in this book as I did reading it.. bob gilman said no documentation. although my disgust for Henry is a great as Christopher's, I find it odd that there are no references, footnotes, etc.Makes it seem a little tabloid like.. "Worth Reading" according to Gordon6Worth Reading A damning indictment of a truly atrocious individual. Mr Hitchens's prose lacks the elegance of his erstwhile friend Gore Vidal, but his zeal for skewering the many criminals in charge in Washington during a lamentable period in the nation's history is equally strong.. 5. A damning indictment of a truly atrocious individual. Mr Hitchens's prose lacks the elegance of his erstwhile friend Gore Vidal, but his zeal for skewering the many criminals in charge in Washington during a lamentable period in the nation's history is equally strong.
With the precision and tenacity of a prosecutor, Hitchens offers an unrepentant portrait of a felonious diplomat who "maintained that laws were like cobwebs", and implores governments around the world, including our own, to bring him swiftly to justice.. Employing evidence based on firsthand testimony, unpublished documents, and new information uncovered by the Freedom of Information Act, and using only what would hold up in international courts of law, The Trial of Henry Kissinger outlines atrocities authorized by the former secretary of state in Indochina, Bangladesh, Chile, Cyprus, East Timor, and in the plight of the Iraqi Kurds, "including conspiracy to commit murder, kidnap, and torture". "If the courts and lawyers of this country will not do their duty, we shall watch as the victims and survivors of this man pursue justice and vindication in their own dignified and painstaking way, and at their own expense, and we shall be put to shame."Forget Pinochet, Milosevic, Hussein, Kim Jong-il, or Gaddafi. America need look no further than its own lauded leaders for a war criminal whose offenses rival those of the most heinous dictators in recent history: Henry Kissinger