The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War : Katharine Gun and the Secret Plot to Sanction the Iraq Invasion / Marcia and Thomas Mitchell.

By:

Mitchell, Marcia, 1942- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Mitchell, Thomas, 1922-2010 [author.]

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780008348564

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 956.704438

Contents:

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.

Summary: "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.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

No physical items for this record

"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.

"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.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.