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The spy who tried to stop a war : Katharine Gun and the secret plot to sanction the Iraq invasion / Marcia and Thomas Mitchell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : William Collins, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 238 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 000835569X
  • 9780008355692
  • 9780008348564
  • 0008348561
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 956.704438 23
LOC classification:
  • DS79.76 .M5576 2019
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.
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"Inspiration for the major motion picture Official secrets"--Cover.

Previously published by Polipoint Press in 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-228) and 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.

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