Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and a columnist for Slate. He was the author of numerous books, including works on Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, George Orwell, Mother Teresa, Henry Kissinger and Bill and Hillary Clinton, as well as his international bestseller and National Book Award nominee, god Is Not Great. His memoir, Hitch-22, which was a Sunday Times bestseller, was nominated for the Orwell Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His last book, Mortality, was published in 2012 by Atlantic Books.

'This is a disturbing glimpse into the dark side of American power, whose consequences in remote corners of the globe are all too often ignored. Its countless victims have found an impassioned and skilful advocate in Christopher Hitchens.'

• 1: Curtain-Raiser: The Secret of 2: Indochina 3: A Sample of Cases: Kissinger's War Crimes in Indochina 4: Bangladesh: One Genocide, One Coup and One Assassination 5: Chile 6: An Afterword on Chile 7: Cyprus 8: East Timor 9: A "Wet Job" in Washington? 10: Afterword: The Profit Margin 11: Law and Justice