Mitchell, Marcia,  1942- <br/><br/>
The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War :   Katharine Gun and the Secret Plot to Sanction the Iraq Invasion / 
Marcia and Thomas Mitchell. 
 - 238 pages :  20 cm 
<br/><br/> "Inspiration for the major motion picture Official secrets"--Cover.<br/>Previously published by Polipoint Press in 2008.  Includes index 
<br/><br/> pt. 1. Invitation to a conspiracy. Message sent --<br/>  Message received --<br/>  Four weeks that changed everything --<br/>  Conscience meets Inspector Tintin --  pt. 2. Fallout. Detour on the secret road to war --<br/>  Outrage --<br/>Silence in Washington --<br/>  Taiwan calling --<br/>  pt. 3. The woman. Eight months in limbo --<br/>  The third-culture kid --  pt. 4. The legal case. The blonde who dropped the bombshell --<br/>  Deportation revisited --<br/>  The prosecution and the defense build a case --<br/>  pt. 5. Aftermath. A historic collapse at the Old Bailey --  Reaction, rebellion, and a crushing new revelation --<br/>  An uncommon day in the House of Commons --  Motivations, misdeeds, and tragic mistakes --<br/>  Whistle-blowing : conscious and confrontation --<br/>  A life interrupted. 
<br/><br/> "Tells the story of a young British secret service officer, Katharine Gun, and her courageous decision to expose an illegal US-UK operation -- a covert plot to influence the UN vote that would have authorized the Iraq invasion"--Page 4 of cover. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780008348564  RM49.90 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Gun, Katharine.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Iraq War, 2003-2011--Secret service<br/>Intelligence service --United States.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>956.704438