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Together, these four books showcase the full range of Hitchens' voice: memoirist, war reporter, polemicist and essayist, all delivered with the wit, erudition and controversy he was known for. 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Rather than a conventional biography, the book reads as an indictment, structured to test whether Kissinger's actions as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State could be considered war crimes under international law. Hitchens combines rigorous research with his trademark rhetorical bite, refusing to soften his conclusions for the sake of diplomatic convention. The result is a book that is as much about the mechanisms of unaccountable power and secrecy in government as it is about one man's career. It remains a touchstone text for debates about the ethics of statecraft, the limits of realpolitik, and whether the powerful can ever truly be held to account. 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