Review, buy Political: Mao: The Unknown Story, Hugo: The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution, Britain's Last Tommies, The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody, A Time to Speak, George Younger: A Life Well Lived, Iron Coffins: A U-boat Commander's War, 1939-45 (Cassell Military Paperbacks), Garibaldi: Invention of a Hero, The Trial of Henry Kissinger, Enemy Combatant: The Terrifying True Story of a Briton in Guantanamo, The King's Cardinal: Rise and Fall of Cardinal Wolsey, Katherine Swynford, In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington, Government and Politics in Western Europe: Britain, France, Italy, Germany (Comparative European Politics), John Adams, American Prometheus: Triumph and Tragedy of Robert Oppenheimer (Vintage), The Collector of Worlds, Dare to be a Daniel: Then and now: Then and Now, Churchill: The Greatest Briton Unmasked, Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor

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Review Jonathan Cape, London / Mao: The Unknown Story

Mao: The Unknown Story (Jonathan Cape, London)

Authors

Jung Chang
Jon Halliday

Edition: New title
Publication date: 2005-06-02
Dewey code: 324
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Review The Bodley Head Ltd / Hugo: The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution

Hugo: The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution (The Bodley Head Ltd)

Authors

Bart Jones

Publication date: 2008-05-01
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Britain's Last Tommies (Abacus)

Authors

Richard Van Emden

Edition: New edition
Publication date: 2006-06-29
Dewey code: 940
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Review The History Press Ltd / The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody

The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody (The History Press Ltd)

Authors

Will Cuppy

Creator: William Steig
Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 2003-11-20
Dewey code: 909
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Review Carroll & Graf Publishing / A Time to Speak

A Time to Speak (Carroll & Graf Publishing)

Authors

Helen Lewis

Edition: 2nd Ed
Publication date: 2006-01-30
Dewey code: 921
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Review Birlinn Ltd / George Younger: A Life Well Lived

George Younger: A Life Well Lived (Birlinn Ltd)

Authors

David Torrance

Publication date: 2008-10-01
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Review Phoenix / Iron Coffins: A U-boat Commander's War, 1939-45 (Cassell Military Paperbacks)

Iron Coffins: A U-boat Commander's War, 1939-45 (Cassell Military Paperbacks) (Phoenix)

Authors

Herbert Werner

Edition: New edition
Publication date: 1999-09-16
Dewey code: 359
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Price: £4.37

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Review Yale University Press / Garibaldi: Invention of a Hero

Garibaldi: Invention of a Hero (Yale University Press)

Authors

L Riall

Publication date: 2008-08-01
Dewey code: 920
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Review Verso Books / The Trial of Henry Kissinger

The Trial of Henry Kissinger (Verso Books)

Authors

Christopher Hitchens

Edition: New Ed
Publication date: 2002-04-10
Dewey code: 973.924092
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Price: £2.93

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Christopher Hitchens doesn't mince words when it comes to The Trial of Henry Kissinger, the former secretary of state and national-security advisor: in his view, Kissinger deserves vigorous prosecution "for war crimes, for crimes against humanity, and for offences against common or customary or international law, including conspiracy to commit murder, kidnap, and torture. " The Trial of Henry Kissinger is a polemical masterpiece; even readers who don't agree that its target is an emanation of "official evil" will appreciate the verve and style brought to Hitchens's fiery brief. ("A good liar must have a good memory: Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory. ") The book is best understood as a document of prosecution-both because Hitchens limits his critique to what he believes might stand up in an international court of law following precedents set at Nuremberg and elsewhere, and also because his treatment of Kissinger is far from even handed. The charges themselves are astonishing, as they link Kissinger to war casualties in Vietnam, massacres in Bangladesh and Timor, and assassinations in Chile, Cyprus, and Washington, DC. After reading this book, one wants very badly to hear a full response from the defendant. Hitchens, a writer for Vanity Fair and The Nation, is a man of the Left, though he has a history of skewering both Democrats (he is the author of a provocative book on the Clintons, No One Left to Lie To) as well as Republicans (like Kissinger). At the root of this latest effort is moral outrage, and a call for Americans, of all people, not to ignore Kissinger's record: They can either persist in averting their gaze from the egregious impunity enjoyed by a notorious war criminal and lawbreaker, or they can become seized by the exalted standards to which they continually hold everyone else. [+]

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. -John J Miller.

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