The trial of Henry Kissinger
by Christopher Hitchens · first published 2001
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A concise critique of Henry Kissinger's record, centered on his conduct in East Timor and during wartime. Brief and pointed, it examines his actions directly and makes the case against them.
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Drawing on first-hand testimony, previously unpublished documentation and broad sweeps through material released under the Freedom of Information Act, Christopher Hitchens mounts a devastating indictment of a man whose ambition and ruthlessness have directly resulted in both individual murders and widespread, indiscriminate slaughter.--Publisher description.
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on “David Bowie’s Top 100 Books (2013)” ↗…accusation to make. One famous criticism of George W. Bush, as he was increasingly discredited in his second term was that "some things are true, even if George Bush says them." I personally think The Trial of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens is a must-read, and I would also say that what Uncle Sam really wants by Noam Chomsky was truly eye-opening to me in recasting the history of American foreign policy, but that…
on “The Importance of Fact-Checking” ↗Wait until you learn about East Timor. “The Trial of Henry Kissinger” by Christopher Hitchens is a short, devastating read on the man, the monster.
on “DOJ seizes $15B in Bitcoin from 'pig butchering' scam based in Cambodia” ↗Christopher Hitchens has an amazing book called "Why Orwell Matters" and I strongly advise reading it. He also does a takedown of Kissinger in "The Trial of Henry Kissinger".
on “UK surveillance “worse than 1984” says new UN privacy chief” ↗…executive branch and North/South Vietnam when Nixon was still a candidate, encouraging the South to hold out until after the election. You can read about it and much more in Christopher Hitchens' "The Trial of Henry Kissinger." Regardless of one's opinion of Hitchens, he refers to unclassified documents and many other reputable sources in his section on this. The only reason I mention it here is because the author has attempted…
on “Problems with Object/Relational Mapping (2006)” ↗I understand that you mean in qualified in regards to that special moment, but I can't help myself: According to Christopher Hitchens "The trial of Henry Kissinger", Kissinger was very much a part of the private diplomacy that crashed the vietnam peace deal. He later negotiated more or less the same peace deal, only 4 (?) years later and with about a million more…
on “New evidence that Nixon sabotaged 1968 Vietnam peace deal” ↗Just reminds me how much I miss reading Christopher Hitchens.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trial_of_Henry_Kissinger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ant6tY-MOIk
on “Henry Kissinger and Eric Schmidt’s Big Treatise on AI Panned in Book Review” ↗If we go off the war crimes outlined in Hitchen's "The Trial of Henry Kissinger" > Hitchens presents Kissinger's involvement in a series of alleged war crimes in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Bangladesh, Chile, Cyprus and East Timor. They are tied for the record for number of nations…
on “Jailed Iranian Activist Narges Mohammadi Wins 2023 Nobel Peace Prize” ↗…Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize." Kissinger's legacy will be debated for a long time and I have personally only scratched the very surface. I do however intend to read Hitchen's "The Trial of Henry Kissinger" [1] one day, if not just to enjoy the fire with which he could write. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trial_of_Henry_Kissinger
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