URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/3093
Collection Structure Commonwealth Club of California records >  Sound recordings of club programs >  America, Afghanistan, and the Contrarian
Item Title America, Afghanistan, and the Contrarian
Collection Title Commonwealth Club of California records
Speaker Hitchens, Christopher
Moderator Schell, Orville
Date Created December 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 Recorded San Francisco, California, United States
Dimensions Duration: 1 hr, 1 minutes, 28 seconds
Format Sound Recording
Medium speeches (documents)
Hoover ID Program 20011217; 2003c87_a_0000825
Record Number 2003C87.2782
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3g5032c1
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