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Thirty Days: Tony Blair and the Test of History
by Stothard, Peter
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0060582618
- ISBN 13
- 9780060582616
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About This Item
HarperCollins Publishers, 2003. First edition. First Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/very good. [6], 244, [4] p. Illustrations. Index. The author was the editor of the Times from 1992 to 2002 and then moved over to edit the Times Literary Supplement. Tony Blair was America's closest ally in the war against Saddam Hussein. It was a powerful yet precarious position for the British Prime Minister, as he fought for his own future in backing George W. Bush and sending Britain's forces into Iraq. In this gripping day-by-day chronicle, Peter Stothard takes us behind the scenes as no one has before to reveal a unique portrait of a political leader under fire at the center of the world stage. Over a period of four weeks in March and April of 2003, Tony Blair risked his status as the United Kingdom's most successful Labour Prime Minister for the chance of an unknowable place in history. Before Britain could help the United States, Blair faced a battle against his own voters, his own party, and his own allies in Europe. These were among the most tense and tumultuous weeks the world had seen since the fall of the Berlin Wall. In thirty days, Blair took on his opponents and won. Through it all, Peter Stothard had unprecedented access to Blair, from Ten Downing Street and the House of Commons through the war summits in the Azores, Brussels, Belfast, and Camp David. No writer has ever been so close to a world head of state for so long at such a critical moment. Stothard brings us inside the corridors of power during this extraordinary time, offering a vivid, up-close view of an enormously popular leader facingthe challenge of his life. How Blair spent those thirty days, how he fought for his own future as well as his vision of the civilized world, how he changed, and why he survived are at the heart of this riveting inside account.
Reviews
On Aug 4 2011, JoshuaLeinsdorf said:
Peter Stothard, is editor of the Times and Times Literary Supplement. Prime Minister Tony Blair agreed to have a reporter from the Times Supplement follow him for thirty days on the path to war with Iraq. The thirty days turned out to be the week before and the weeks after the war actually started. This is the best inside view of decision-making and life at the top. Bush appears twice, at a summit in the Azores and another in Belfast. This book is one of the best on Iraq, especially in retrospect.
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- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66298
- Title
- Thirty Days: Tony Blair and the Test of History
- Author
- Stothard, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. First Edition [stated]. First printing [stated]
- ISBN 10
- 0060582618
- ISBN 13
- 9780060582616
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Tony Blair, Persian Gulf War, Alastair Campbell, TImes of London, Kofi Annan, Hilary Armstrong, Cherie Blair, MIcharel Boyce, Gordon Brown, Robin Cook, Sally Morgan, John Major, David Manning, John Reid, Jack Straw, Donald Rumsfeld
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