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For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports
by Hitchens, Christopher
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- ISBN 10
- 0860916286
- ISBN 13
- 9780860916284
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Verso Books, 1994 About the book: The global turmoil of the last few years has severely tested every analyst and commentator. Few have written with such insight as Christopher Hitchens about the large eventsor with such discernment and wit about the small tell-tale signs of a disordered culture. For the Sake of Argument ranges from the political squalor of Washington, as a beleaguered Bush administration seeks desperately to stave off disaster and Clinton prepares for power; to the twilight of Stalinism in Prague; from the Jewish quarter of Damascus in the aftermath of the Gulf War to the embattled barrios of Central America and the imperishable resistance of Sarajevo, as a difficult peace is negotiated with ruthless foes. Hitchenss unsparing account of Western realpolitik in the end shows it to rest on delusion as well as deception. The reader will find in these pages outstanding essays on political assassination in America as well as a scathing review of the evisceration of politics by pollsters and spin-doctors. Hitchenss knowledge of the tortuous history of revolutions in the twentieth century helps him explain both the New York intelligentsias flirtation with Trotskyism and the frailty of Communist power structures in Eastern Europe.. Soft cover. As New.
Synopsis
Christopher Hitchens is a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and the author of the best-selling God Is Not Great . His books published by Verso include The Trial of Henry Kissinger , No One Left to Lie To , The Missionary Position , Unacknowledged Legislation , The Parthenon Marbles , Hostage to History , and more.
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- Emily Green Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 237
- Title
- For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports
- Author
- Hitchens, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0860916286
- ISBN 13
- 9780860916284
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1994
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