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America, Afghanistan, and the Contrarian
2003c87_a_0000825_r03.MP3
Collection StructureCommonwealth Club of California records > Sound recordings of club programs > America, Afghanistan, and the Contrarian
Item Title America, Afghanistan, and the Contrarian
Collection TitleCommonwealth Club of California records
Speaker Hitchens, Christopher
Moderator Schell, Orville
Date CreatedDecember 17, 2001
Description

Having just returned from Pakistan, Hitchens speaks about the war on terrorism, the impact of religious fundamentalism, and the role of the contrarian in society. Orville Schell, dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley, conducts the question and answer session.

Hitchens's biography includes: Columnist, "Vanity Fair" and the "Nation"; author, "The Trial of Henry Kissinger," 2001, and "Letters to a Young Contrarian," 2001; Media fellow at large, Hoover Institution, 2008-09; Author, Hitch 22: A Memoir: Author, God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.

Language(s)
English
Country of Origin
United States
Place RecordedSan Francisco, California, United States
DimensionsDuration: 1 hr, 1 minutes, 28 seconds
FormatSound Recording
Medium speeches (documents)
Hoover IDProgram 20011217; 2003c87_a_0000825
Record Number2003C87.2782
Collection Guidehttps://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3g5032c1
RightsUsed with permission of the Commonwealth Club of California.This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the copyright owner.

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