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East timor the trial of henry kissinger by christopher hitchins. Henry kissinger was the fiftysixth secretary of state. The trial of henry kissinger crimes against humanity truth11. Among the awards he has received are the nobel peace prize, the president. Employing evidence based on firsthand testimony, unpublished documents, and new information uncovered by the freedom of information act, and using only what would hold up in international courts of law, the trial of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. Under his fearsome gaze, the former secretary of state and national security advisor is accused of being a war criminal whose reckless actions and heinous disregard for international law have led to torture, kidnapping, and murder. The biggest one is how he gave richard nixon information that allowed nixon to torpedo the 1968 peace talks aimed at ending the vietnam war. In 1968, he was negotiating a vietnam peace treaty in paris for president johnson. Jul 18, 2002 so, one fine day, maybe henry kissinger will have to leave the black tie and canapes circuit, and be brought to account for his past. The trials of henry kissinger, directed by eugene jarecki and based on the hitchens 2001 book the trial of henry kissinger, plays like a brief for a war crimes trial against the former secretary of state. Buy the trial of henry kissinger new edition by hitchens, christopher isbn.
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