The trial of Henry Kissinger
Book - 2012
- Subjects
- Published
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New York :
Twelve
2012.
- Edition
- 1st Twelve ed
- Language
- English
- Item Description
- Foreword by Ariel Dorfman.
Originally published: London and New York : Verso, 2001. - Physical Description
- li, 247 p. ; 21 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9781455522972
145552297X - Main Author
- 1. Curtain-Raiser: The Secret of ' 68
- 2. Indochina
- 3. A Sample of Cases: Kissinger's War Crimes in Indochina
- 4. Bangladesh: One Genocide, one Coup and one Assassination
- 5. Chile
- 6. An Afterword on Chile
- 7. Cyprus
- 8. East Timor
- 9. A "Wet Job" in Washington?
- 10. Afterword: The Profit Margin
- 11. Law and Justice
- App. I. A Fragrant Fragment
- App. II. The Demetracopoulos Letter.
Calling upon personal testimony and documents released under the Freedom of Information Act, chronicles the life of Henry Kissinger, linking him to events including the war in Indochina and genocide in East Timor.
Review by Publisher Summary 2
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.
Employing evidence based on firsthand testimony, unpublished documents, and new information uncovered by the Freedom of Information Act, and using only what would hold up in international courts of law, The Trial of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."
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.
"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.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."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.