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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Kissinger may have undermined peace negotiations to end the Vietnam War for his own personal benefit.
Chapter 3: Kissinger was involved in operations across Vietnam that led to the deaths of thousands of civilians.
Chapter 4: Kissinger is connected to genocide and orchestrated regime change in Bangladesh.
Chapter 5: Kissinger helped remove Chile’s democratic leader and replace him with a military dictator.
Chapter 6: Kissinger enabled and actively aided Indonesia’s dictator Suharto to invade East Timor and commit war crimes.
Chapter 7: Kissinger continues to personally profit from his actions long after leaving office.
Chapter 8: If judged by the standards applied to other war criminals, Kissinger would already face trial for his actions.
Description
In The Trial of Henry Kissinger, Hitchens shows a side of Henry Kissinger few would have imagined possible. He delves into the dark side of American foreign policy and shows first-hand examples of Kissinger’s criminal activities in Vietnam, Bangladesh and East Timor, and of his human rights violations and war crimes.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone interested in the dark side of US foreign policy
- Anyone interested in human rights
- Anyone interested in the twentieth-century and Cold War history