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Beschreibung
'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.
'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.
Über den Autor
Bob Drogin is a national security correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. He has won or shared multiple journalism awards, among them the Pulitzer Prize, the Robert F Kennedy Journalism Award and the George Polk Award. He has appeared on the BBC, CNN and many other media outlets. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife and two children.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Fachbereich: Zeitgeschichte & Politik
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: ab 1949
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780091923044
ISBN-10: 0091923042
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Drogin, Bob
Hersteller: Ebury Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 178 x 110 x 26 mm
Von/Mit: Bob Drogin
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.05.2008
Gewicht: 0,407 kg
Artikel-ID: 134473707