TY - BOOK AU - Mitchell,Marcia AU - Mitchell, Thomas TI - The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War : : Katharine Gun and the Secret Plot to Sanction the Iraq Invasion SN - 9780008348564 U1 - 956.704438 23 PY - 2019/// CY - London : PB - William Collins, KW - Gun, Katharine. KW - Iraq War, 2003-2011 KW - Secret service KW - Intelligence service KW - United States N1 - "Inspiration for the major motion picture Official secrets"--Cover. Previously published by Polipoint Press in 2008; Includes index; pt. 1. Invitation to a conspiracy. Message sent -- ; Message received -- ; Four weeks that changed everything -- ; Conscience meets Inspector Tintin --; pt. 2. Fallout. Detour on the secret road to war -- ; Outrage -- Silence in Washington -- ; Taiwan calling -- ; pt. 3. The woman. Eight months in limbo -- ; The third-culture kid --; pt. 4. The legal case. The blonde who dropped the bombshell -- ; Deportation revisited -- ; The prosecution and the defense build a case -- ; pt. 5. Aftermath. A historic collapse at the Old Bailey --; Reaction, rebellion, and a crushing new revelation -- ; An uncommon day in the House of Commons --; Motivations, misdeeds, and tragic mistakes -- ; Whistle-blowing : conscious and confrontation -- ; A life interrupted N2 - "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 ER -