The politics of truth : inside the lies that led to war and betrayed my wife's CIA identity : a diplomat's memoir /

Wilson recounts his career in the U.S. Foreign Service, his public challenge to President George W. Bush's claim that Iraqi president Saddam Hussein sought uranium from Africa, the subsequent disclosure of the CIA undercover status of his wife, and his allegations that the Bush administration f...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wilson, Joseph C. (Joseph Charles), 1949-2019
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, ©2004.
Subjects:
2003-2011
Political ethics > United States.
World politics.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Morale politique > États-Unis.
Politique mondiale.
Guerre en Irak, 2003-2011 > Aspect moral > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Ethics
Political ethics
World politics
Politieke ethiek.
Diplomatieke betrekkingen.
Golfoorlog (2003)
Iraq
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The sixteen words
  • Getting started in a diplomatic career
  • Back to Africa with twins
  • Coming to Baghdad
  • How to shake hands with a dictator
  • Of hostages and convoys
  • A noose for a necktie
  • Watching the war from a distance
  • All in a diplomat's life
  • from Gabon to Albania
  • Diplomats and generals
  • U.S. peacekeeping in Bosnia
  • Coming home for good
  • Taking President Clinton to Africa
  • Private citizen
  • The road to the second gulf war
  • What I didn't find in Africa
  • A strange encounter with Robert Novak
  • Frog-marching
  • A criminal investigation
  • A family photo
  • A long strange trip
  • Timelines
  • Newspaper commentaries published by Ambassador Joseph Wilson before and after the United States invasion of Iraq in 2003.

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