Christopher Hitchens vents his anger and frustration with Yale University Press over their decision to publish a book about the Jyllands-Posten Mohammed cartoons flap–without including the cartoons in question! The Cartoons that Shook the World, by Brandeis Univ. professor Jytte Klausen, will hit bookshelves in late November, and will (presumably) include illuminating detail on the history of the cartoons, the outrage fomented by Islamic extremists, and its deadly fallout. But. No. Cartoons.
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Yale Univ. Press chickens out on Mohammed cartoons
Monday, August 17th, 2009Christopher Hitchens vents his anger and frustration with Yale University Press over their decision to publish a book about the Jyllands-Posten Mohammed cartoons flap–without including the cartoons in question! The Cartoons that Shook the World, by Brandeis Univ. professor Jytte Klausen, will hit bookshelves in late November, and will (presumably) include illuminating detail on the history of the cartoons, the outrage fomented by Islamic extremists, and its deadly fallout. But. No. Cartoons.
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