For the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority ReportsVerso, 1993 - 353 síður 'For the sake of argument, one must never let a euphemism or a false consolation pass uncontested. The truth seldom lies, but when it does lie it lies somewhere in between.'. 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 events - or with such discernment and with 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 Saralevo, as a difficult peace is negotiated with ruthless foes. Hitchens' 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 asassination in America as well as a scathing review of the evisceration of politics by pollsters and spin-doctors. Hitchens' knowledge of the tortuous history of revolutions in the twentieth century helps him to explain both the New York intelligentsia's flirtation with Trotskyism and the frailty of Communist power structures in Eastern Europe. Hitchens' pointed reassessments of Graham Greene, P.G. Wodehouse and C.L.R. James, or his riotous celebration of drinkiny and smoking, display an engaging enthusiasm and an acerbic wit. Equally entertaining is his unsparing rogues' gallery, which gives us unforgettable portraits of the lugubrious 'Dr'Kissinger, the comprehensively reactionary 'Mother' Teresa, the preposterous Paul Johnson and the predictable P.J. O'Rourke. |
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... reasons for the invasion are sufficient to justify it , the first reason he gave is the one that explains it : It was an act of neigh- borliness . As I.F. Stone once said of Theodore White's treacly prose , a man who can write like that ...
... reasons for the invasion are sufficient to justify it , the first reason he gave is the one that explains it : It was an act of neigh- borliness . As I.F. Stone once said of Theodore White's treacly prose , a man who can write like that ...
Síða 168
... reason to change such an important position . Either there is an excellent reason for Britain having its own nuclear war- fighting capacity , or there is not . And either there has been a change in the nuclear balance making this more ...
... reason to change such an important position . Either there is an excellent reason for Britain having its own nuclear war- fighting capacity , or there is not . And either there has been a change in the nuclear balance making this more ...
Síða 207
... reason prevailed . Where to commence ? Let us admit , first , that this agreeable , freehand style has a charm of its own , and that despite an inclination to cliché ( ' forces of reason ' ; ' landed on his desk ' ) it can still ...
... reason prevailed . Where to commence ? Let us admit , first , that this agreeable , freehand style has a charm of its own , and that despite an inclination to cliché ( ' forces of reason ' ; ' landed on his desk ' ) it can still ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Where Were You Standing? | 7 |
Contempt for the Little Colony | 24 |
Höfundarréttur | |
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