Peter Hitchens

Peter Hitchens' Bibliography

The Abolition of Britain (1999). Centers around criticism of Tony Blair's government. Peter Hitchens asserts that reforms instituted under Blair facilitated radical constitutional and social change.
Monday Morning Blues (2000). Compilation of columns by Peter Hitchens.
A Brief History of Crime (2003), updated in softcover as The Abolition of Liberty: The Decline of Order and Justice in England (2004). Challenges some commonly held beliefs about the causes of crime and criticizes the view that crime is caused by poverty or social deprivation.
The Broken Compass (2009), updated in softcover as The Cameron Delusion (2010). Polemical and partly autobiographical. Contends that the British political right and left no longer hold firm, adversarial beliefs, but vie for position in the center, while at the same time overseeing a general decline in British society.
The Rage Against God (2010). U.S. edition: How Atheism Led Me to Faith. Describes Hitchens' journey from atheism and left politics to Christianity and conservatism, detailing the influences on him that led to his evolution. Partly a response to God Is Not Great, a book written by his brother Christopher Hitchens in 2007.
The War We Never Fought (2012). Intended as a rebuttal of what Hitchens sees as the widespread acceptance of drug use in Britain since the Misuse of Drugs Act of 1971. Hitchens believes that there is de facto decriminalization of drugs in the UK, especially of cannabis.
Short Breaks in Mordor (2014). Based in part on columns published in U.S. and British publications, provides insights into Hitchens' experiences in various distant locations as a foreign correspondent and otherwise.
Phoney Victory (2018). Rebuts what Hitchens regards as the national myth of WWII which he believes dealt long-term damage to Britain and its position in the world.
Unconventional Wisdom (2020). Collection of relatively recent columns and essays.