The global turmoil of the late 1980s and early 1990s severely
tested every analyst and commentator. Few wrote with such insight
as Christopher Hitchens about the large events - or with such
discernment and wit about the small tell-tale signs of a disordered
culture. First published in 1993, the writings in For the Sake of
Argument range from the political squalor of Washington to the
twilight of Stalinizm in Prague, from the Jewish quarter of
Damascus in the aftermath of the Gulf War to the embattled barrios
of Central America. Hitchens provides re-assessments of Graham
Greene, P. G. Woodhouse and C. L. R. James, and his rogues' gallery
gives us portraits of Henry Kissinger, Mother Theresa and P. J.
O'Rouke. The addition of pieces on political assassination in
America, as well as a devastating indictment of the evisceration of
politics by pollsters and spin doctors, and an entertaining
celebration of booze and fags, complete this outstanding collection
from a writer of unequalled talent.
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