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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	Perpustakaan Alor Setar	RFIDTI	Pinjaman Dewasa	956.704438 MIT (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	A01686819

"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.

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