Christopher Hitchens and His Critics : : Terror, Iraq, and the Left /

Christopher Hitchens and His Critics : : Terror, Iraq, and the Left / / ed. by Simon Cottee, Thomas Cushman, Christopher Hitchens.

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Christopher Hitchens-political journalist, cultural critic, public intellectual and self-described contrarian-is one of the most controversial and prolific writers of his generation. His most recent book, God Is Not Great, was on the New York Times bestseller list in 2007 for months. Like his hero,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
MitwirkendeR:
Chomsky, Noam,
Cole, Juan,
Cottee, Simon,
Cushman, Thomas,
Finkelstein, Norman,
Herman, Edward S.,
Hitchens, Christopher,
Kazin, Michael,
Lucas, Scott,
Malone, Gary,
Perrin, Dennis,
Scialabba, George,
Seymour, Richard,
Terkel, Studs,
HerausgeberIn:
Cottee, Simon,
Cushman, Thomas,
Hitchens, Christopher,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Hitchens on Terror
  • 1. American Society Can Outlast or Absorb Practically Anything
  • 2. The Pursuit of Happiness Is at an End
  • 3. Against Rationalization
  • 4. Of Sin, the Left, and Islamic Fascism
  • 5. Ha Ha Ha to the Pacifists
  • 6. Stranger in a Strange Land
  • 7. Saving Islam from bin Laden
  • 8. It’s a Good Time for War
  • 9. Inside the Islamic Mafia
  • 10. Al Qaeda’s Latest Target
  • 11. To Die in Madrid
  • 12. Murder by Any Other Name
  • 13. Bush’s Secularist Triumph
  • 14. Jihad in the Netherlands
  • 15. We Cannot Surrender
  • 16. Yes, London Can Take It
  • 17. Why Ask Why?
  • Part II. Hitchens on Iraq
  • 18. Appointment in Samarra?
  • 19. Taking Sides
  • 20. So Long, Fellow Travelers
  • 21. I Wanted It to Rain on Their Parade
  • 22. Weapons and Terror
  • 23. Restating the Case for War
  • 24. The Literal Left
  • 25. Guerrillas in the Mist
  • 26. Fallujah
  • 27. Vietnam?
  • 28. Second Thinking
  • 29. Abu Ghraib Isn’t Guernica
  • 30. History and Mystery
  • 31. Unmitigated Galloway
  • 32. Losing the Iraq War
  • 33. A War to Be Proud Of
  • 34. Anti-War, My Foot
  • Part III. Hitchens on the Left
  • 35. An Interview with Christopher Hitchens, Part I
  • 36. Don’t. Be. Silly. An Open Letter to Martin Amis
  • 37. Europe’s Status Quo Left
  • 38. Left-Leaving, Left-Leaning
  • 39. Polymath with a Cause
  • 40. Susan Sontag: An Obituary
  • 41. An Interview with Christopher Hitchens, Part II
  • Part IV. Critical Responses and Exchanges
  • 42. Letter to the Nation, October 1, 2001
  • Hitchens Re sponds
  • 43. Letter to the Nation, January 10, 2002
  • Hitchens Responds
  • 44. Christopher Hitchens: The Dishonorable Policeman of the Left
  • 45. Letter to the Nation, January 6, 2003
  • Hitchens Responds
  • 46. Hitchens as Model Apostate
  • Hitchens Responds
  • 47. Obituary for a Former Contrarian
  • 48. Farewell Hitch
  • 49. The Passion of Christopher Hitchens
  • 50. Christopher Hitchens: Flickering Firebrand
  • 51. Christopher Hitchens’s Last Battle
  • 52. The Genocidal Imagination of Christopher Hitchens
  • Afterword
  • About the Contributors
  • Index

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