The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity: A Diplomat's Memoir
by Wilson, Joseph
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 078671378X
- ISBN 13
- 9780786713783
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About This Item
New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2nd Printing Stated: First Carroll & Graf edition 2004; 2nd printing April 2004. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards and gold gilt spine lettering. Deep gold end papers. Top corner of ffp has an indent where someone pressed to write some numbers. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains a section of glossy black & white photographs, in addition to maps, timelines, and newspaper commentaries by Ambassador Wilson. Dust jacket very good; verso shows a two inch long black mark where is appears the color bled from the boards; does not effect front of jacket, text, or boards. Not price clipped. * From the back jacket, ""In 2003, senior officials in President George W. Bush's White House tried to intimidate critics and punish Wilson for what he knew - and finally made public - about the administration's lies before the invasion of Iraq. . . .The disclosure of the undercover identity of Wilson's wife, CIA operative Valerie Plame, was an unprecedented and potentially criminal act. . . . tells the revealing story of this courageous American diplomat and his pivotal career in foreign policy, from telling Saddam Hussein to leave Kuwait to confronting White House leaks that have breached national security.""
Synopsis
"Updated with a new preface by the author and an investigative report on the Niger Documents Affair by Russ Hoyle"--Half title p. Includes bibliographical references ([487]-496) and index.
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001444
- Title
- The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity: A Diplomat's Memoir
- Author
- Wilson, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 078671378X
- ISBN 13
- 9780786713783
- Publisher
- Carroll & Graf Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- LCCN
- 2004045897
- Keywords
- Politics, Political ethics - United States, World politics, Iraq War 2003-2011 - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics & Government;
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