Most Popular Books by Christopher Hitchens

For half a century, the United Nations building in New York has been the focus of international inspiration. Its podium has seen petitioners for peace, for independence, for justice. Its murals and statuary express the loftiest ideals. Born of World War II and the struggle against fascism, the UN has been the parent body of many small states, and an arena for the peaceful composition of disputes between the powers. Yet, under its flag, wars have been fought and imperfect compromises brokered. The high language of its universal declarations on human rights and dignities has become cheapened by cynicism. Its servants and institutions have been exposed to decay and corruption. Meanwhile, the filiations of power and alignment which created the world body have been radically altered, while the hierarchy of the UN itself has not. These and other ironies and contradictions are visible in the Headquarters Building on the East River of Manhattan.a building that enshrined the most optimistic elements of modernism in design and symbolized them in function but which was also, from the first, an occasion of dispute between the Rockefellers and Le Corbusier and thus, indirectly, between two conceptions of world order. In a series of photographs, Adam Bartos affirms the beauty of the UN.s modern architecture, while capturing the wear and tear of an idealism thwarted by decades of diplomatic compromise. The text, by Christopher Hitchens, explores the themes of utopia and the limits of governmental good intentions. In a striking series of colour photographs, Adam Bartos affirms the beauty of the UN.s modern architecture while capturing the wear and tear of an idealism thwarted by decades of diplomatic compromise. The accompanying text, written with characteristic wit and acuity by Christopher Hitchens, explores the themes of Utopia and the limits of governmental good intentions.

The present report attempts to anatomize the social and economic predicament of Africans in Zimbabwe, in the context of an exceptionally (and unnecessarily) painful and prolonged transition from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe. Please note that the terminology in the fields of minority rights and indigenous peoples’ rights has changed over time. MRG strives to reflect these changes as well as respect the right to self-identification on the part of minorities and indigenous peoples. At the same time, after over 50 years’ work, we know that our archive is of considerable interest to activists and researchers. Therefore, we make available as much of our back catalogue as possible, while being aware that the language used may not reflect current thinking on these issues.

" Le polémiste le plus terriblement chicaneur que la Terre ait porté " Martin Amis Ladies & gentlemen, Christopher Hitchens ! Journaliste frénétique, contradicteur-né, polémiste de génie, la légende des lettres britanniques nous donne ici son grand œuvre : parce qu''il y raconte joyeusement sa vie, qu''il y livre ses pensées les plus décapantes, et parce que sa verve au vitriol nous régale toujours comme aucune autre. Hitchens était tout à la fois : alcoolique et moraliste, progressiste et réactionnaire, anticapitaliste et proaméricain, juif et athée militant, plein d''empathie et vouant une haine profonde à Mère Teresa. Il donne ici une cohérence à ces paradoxes apparents, tous liés par une ironie assassine, un dégoût profond de la pensée tiède et un besoin incessant de gifler les cuistres à la volée. En toute amitié, bien sûr. " Une plume bien plus mortelle que bien des épées " The Observer

De politieke gebeurtenissen op Cyprus vooral rond de Turkse militaire invasie in 1974

Con la detención de Augusto Pinochet, y la intensa presión para proceder a la de Slobodan Milosevic, la posibilidad de una legislación internacional que actúe contra los tiranos en todo el mundo se perfila como una realidad. No obstante, como Christopher

This edition features George Orwell''s best known novels – 1984 and Animal Farm – with an introduction by Christopher Hitchens. In 1984, London is a grim city where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith joins a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be. Animal Farm is Orwell''s classic satire of the Russian Revolution -- an account of the bold struggle, initiated by the animals, that transforms Mr. Jones''s Manor Farm into Animal Farm--a wholly democratic society built on the credo that All Animals Are Created Equal. But are they?

A Long Short War is the one essential book for anyone who wants to understand the greatest global crisis of the past decade, one that bitterly divided public opinion across the United States -- and the world. Watching events unfold in the U.S. and writing directly from Iraq, Christopher Hitchens reported on the current crisis while at the same time emphasizing the historical perspective -- that this war began when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, only a few months after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Cutting through the spin and slogans shaping popular thought, he tackles the essential questions. What was the true nature of Saddam''s regime? Was this really Bush''s war for oil? Will our military action spark more terrorist attacks? In this polemical, incendiary account, Hitchens offers hindsight on the rights and wrongs of an epochal war.

"An extended spa treatment that stretches tired brains and unkinks the usual habitual responses where Hitchens is concerned." --James Wolcott in his introduction An outstanding new collection, A HITCH IN TIME is a must have for Hitchens completists and the perfect starting point for understanding one of the most brilliant essayists of all time. Anthologized here for the first time, A HITCH IN TIME is a choice selection of Christopher Hitchens''s finest reviews, diary entries and essays - along with a smattering of ferocious letters. Familiar bêtes noires--Kennedy, Nixon, Kissinger, Clinton--rub shoulders with lesser-known preoccupations: P.G. Wodehouse, Princess Margaret and, magisterially, Isaiah Berlin. A HITCH IN TIME is a banquet of entertaining stories ranging from his thoughts on Salman Rushdie to being spanked by Margaret Thatcher in The House of Lords and the night he took his son to the Oscars. The broad scope and high caliber of Hitchens'' essays allows his work to transcend the occasion for which it was written and continues to be essential reading. Along with an introduction by James Wolcott, A HITCH IN TIME recaptures the brilliance of Hitchens - barnstorming, cauterizing, and ultimately uncontainable.

This is an account of the history of special relationship that is supposed to exist between America and Great Britain. The book starts its survey just prior to World War I and charts the rise of the friendship between the nations before going on to look at the Churchill-Roosevelt correspondence. It then analyzes the recent friendship between Thatcher and Reagan which was tested in such episodes as the Falklands war, the invasion of Grenada and the bombing of Tripoli.

Drawing on firsthand testimony, previously unpublished documentation and broad sweeps through material released under the Freedom of Information Act, Hitchens mounts a devastating indictment of a man whose ambition and ruthlessness have directly resulted in both individual murders and widespread, indiscriminate slaughter.

" La plupart des gens cherchent avant tout la sécurité et l''approbation générale. Il ne faut ni s''en étonner ni juger leurs ambitions intrinsèquement condamnables. Cela dit, on a toujours vu surgir des personnalités qui, d''une manière ou d''une autre, se sentaient à part. Je ne crois pas exagérer en déclarant que l''humanité leur doit énormément, qu''elle soit prête ou non à reconnaître sa dette. Ne t''attends surtout pas à des remerciements. Personne ne prétend qu''une vie d''opposant soit de tout repos. " Sur le modèle des célèbres Lettres à un jeune poète, de Rainer Maria Rilke, Christopher Hitchens nous adresse ces dix-huit Lettres à un jeune rebelle. Un récit épistolaire à l''attention des jeunes générations pour qui la dissidence doit redevenir une vertu, une philosophie optimiste de la vie. L''esprit de contradiction, seul, est capable de faire progresser la démocratie contre les idées reçues. Preuves à l''appui, l''auteur de ces lettres explore avec brio le registre de l''anticonformisme et en salue les maîtres tels que Freud, Zola, Vaclav Havel, Salman Rushdie... Un essai sur le fil du rasoir. Nul autre que Christopher Hitchens, avec l''impertinence qui l''a rendu célèbre, ne pouvait mieux lancer la polémique !