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100 1 _aMitchell, Marcia,
_d1932-
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe spy who tried to stop a war :
_bKatharine Gun and the secret plot to sanction the Iraq invasion /
_cMarcia and Thomas Mitchell.
264 1 _aLondon :
_bWilliam Collins,
_c2019.
264 4 _c©2019
300 _a238 pages ;
_c20 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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500 _a"Inspiration for the major motion picture Official secrets"--Cover.
500 _aPreviously published by Polipoint Press in 2008.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 221-228) and index.
505 0 _apt. 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.
520 _a"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.
600 1 0 _aGun, Katharine.
650 0 _aIraq War, 2003-2011
_xSecret service.
650 0 _aIntelligence service
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aIntelligence service
_zGreat Britain.
650 0 _aWiretapping
_xGovernment policy
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