A contrarian collection of essays and reports by America's leading polemicist, this book takes its title from an antique saying: life is incomplete unless love, poverty and war have been experienced. In his introduction, Hitchens, one of the most controversial intellectuals of our day, reflects on how he has been touched by those discrepant states.
Since the end of the cold war so-called experts have been predicting the eclipse of America's "special relationship" with Britain. But as events have shown, especially after 9/11, the political and cultural ties between America and Britain have grown stronger.
This irreverent, sarcastic, witty, and intelligent tour of the Clinton era is hosted by two of America's leading essayists: Christopher Caldwell, of The Weekly Standard and New York Press; and Christopher Hitchens, of Vanity Fair and The Nation.
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April 19 - May 21 | Across the United States
Nation Books author Mark Engler kicks off his multi-city book tour to promote How to Rule The World at the Bluestockings bookstore in New York. The event begins at 7 p.m.