Hitchens described himself as an anti-theist, who saw all religions as false, harmful and authoritarian. However, he also supported the United States in the Kosovo War, the Afghanistan War, the Iraq War and other military interventions. Hitchens was very critical of aspects of American foreign policy, such as American involvement in war crimes in Vietnam, Chile, and East Timor. Hitchens eventually stopped describing himself as a socialist, but he continued to admire (at least in principle based upon his columns) Marxism, referencing Marx's materialist conception of history. Hitchens originally described himself as a democratic socialist, and he was a member of various socialist organisations throughout his life, including the International Socialists. Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was a British-American author and journalist who wrote or edited over 30 books (including five essay collections) on culture, politics, and literature.
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