A Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of IraqOne of our most respected and controversial liberal thinkers makes the case for war in Iraq. Written in his trademark contrarian voice, Untitled on Iraq is comprised of Hitchens' essays on the justification for war in Iraq and other related issues written for Slate.com, The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, and more, as well as 25% new material on the war |
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User Review - cpg - LibraryThingI bought this book when it came out in 2003 and then let it sit on the shelf gathering dust because it seemed like a reminder of the unjustified optimism I had had about nation-building in Iraq. After ... Read full review
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User Review - bloom - LibraryThingThis is an unbelievably terrible effort at polemicisism by a usually brilliant journalist. Hitchens was, and still is in favor of regime change in Iraq. He accepts the hard-line Neo-Conservative ... Read full review
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November 7 2002 | 17 |
November 11 2002 | 20 |
November 18 2002 | 23 |
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| Title | A Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq A Plume book A slate book |
| Author | Christopher Hitchens |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | A Plume Book, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0452284988, 9780452284982 |
| Length | 104 pages |
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