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Curveball
by Drogin, Bob
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0091923026
- ISBN 13
- 9780091923020
- Seller
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About This Item
Ebury Press, United Kingdom, 2007. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 330 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Previous owner's signature in ink. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The cover has bumps and marks indicating prior use. This BOOK IS IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and promptly dispatched by Great Southern Books. Curveball was the codename given to the mysterious defector whose first-hand evidence on Saddam Hussein's chemical weapons program would ultimately prove vital in the Bush administration's attempts to justify the invasion of Iraq. The only problem being that this evidence was nothing more than a pack of lies. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Politics & Government. ISBN: . ISBN/EAN: 9780091923020. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4712. . 9780091923020
Synopsis
A thrilling true-life account of how deceit, lies and incompetence within the US intelligence services led us into the most disastrous and bloody conflict of recent years"Curveball' was the codename given to the mysterious defector whose first-hand evidence on Saddam's weapons of mass destruction proved vital in giving the Bush administration the excuse it needed to invade Iraq.The only problem – this "evidence' was nothing more than a pack of lies.Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Drogin has written the definitive account of the most notorious intelligence fiasco in US history, revealing how squabbling, arrogance and incompetence within the various intelligence agencies allowed one man's lies to spread higher and higher up the chain of authority, eventually reaching the White House itself.Breathlessly paced and shockingly revelatory, Curveball is an explosive true-life account of how honour and dishonesty amongst spies led to the UK and the US becoming embroiled in a catastrophic war.
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4712
- Title
- Curveball
- Author
- Drogin, Bob
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0091923026
- ISBN 13
- 9780091923020
- Publisher
- Ebury Press
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- BZDB137 United States. Central Intelligence Agency, Iraq War, , curveball, 2003- -- Causes, Weapons of mass destruction History; Politics & Government. EAN: 9780091923020 Drogin, Bob Curveball
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