CH responds to Michael Labeit's post Christopher Hitchens on Vietnam on ricochet.com, via Peter Robinson.
CH replies: "I was naturally flattered to have my opinions on the origin of the Vietnam conflict taken so seriously in your recent postings. But this feeling gave way to a sense of bewilderment as I read further. Is it really controversial, anywhere, to assert that United States support for French colonialism was at the root of the disaster?" Continue reading
Shortly after posting Hitchens' reply, Peter Robinson posted this:
Christopher Hitchens Replies: The Background...And My Answer
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Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011) was an Anglo-American author and journalist. His books made him a prominent public intellectual and a staple of talk shows and lecture circuits. He was a columnist and literary critic at Vanity Fair, Slate, The Atlantic, World Affairs, The Nation, Free Inquiry and a variety of other media outlets. He was named one of the world's "Top 100 Public Intellectuals" by Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect.
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Christopher Hitchens on Vietnam
December 12, 2010Posted by Tom at 08:47 23 comments
Labels: 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Michael Labeit, Peter Robinson, ricochet, Vietnam
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