At the beginning of May 2005, just before the British elections, the London" Time"s published the " Downing Street Memo, " the leaked secret minutes of a July 2002 meeting of senior British intelligence, foreign policy, and security officials. The memo made clear that eight months before the invasion of Iraq, President Bush had already decided on war. The British officials who attended the meeting were told that the " intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy, " that the US wanted to avoid consulting the UN, and that few plans were being made for the aftermath of war.
Largely ignored in the US press for weeks afterward," The New York Review of Boo"ks published the memo in its entirety with an extensive commentary by award-winning journalist Mark Danner. Danner explains how the memo clarifies the broader-- and largely concealed-- history of the events leading up to the Iraq war. He shows that the Bush and Blair administrations advocated the resumption of UN weapons inspections as a means not to avoid war but to ensure it. Mostimportantly, Danner argues that in the face of the memo's clear evidence of deception, the press, public, and Congress still have not held the administration responsible,""
"The Secret Way to "War, with a preface by by Frank Rich, includes Mark Danner's strongly argued analysis of the Downing Street Memo as well as the complete text of the memo and seven other leaked British documents. Collectively, the documents show the members of Tony Blair's government and their counterparts in Washington struggling to find legal and political rationales and strategies for regime change in Iraq.
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At the beginning of May 2005, just before the British elections, the London" Time"s published the " Downing Street Memo, " the leaked secret minutes of a July 2002 meeting of senior British intelligence, foreign policy, and security officials. The memo made clear that eight months before the invasion of Iraq, President Bush had already decided on war. The British officials who attended the meeting were told that the " intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy, " that the US wanted to avoid consulting the UN, and that few plans were being made for the aftermath of war.
Largely ignored in the US press for weeks afterward," The New York Review of Boo"ks published the memo in its entirety with an extensive commentary by award-winning journalist Mark Danner. Danner explains how the memo clarifies the broader-- and largely concealed-- history of the events leading up to the Iraq war. He shows that the Bush and Blair administrations advocated the resumption of UN weapons inspections as a means not to avoid war but to ensure it. Mostimportantly, Danner argues that in the face of the memo's clear evidence of deception, the press, public, and Congress still have not held the administration responsible,""
"The Secret Way to "War, with a preface by by Frank Rich, includes Mark Danner's strongly argued analysis of the Downing Street Memo as well as the complete text of the memo and seven other leaked British documents. Collectively, the documents show the members of Tony Blair's government and their counterparts in Washington struggling to find legal and political rationales and strategies for regime change in Iraq.
Imprint | Nyrb Classics |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | October 2006 |
Availability | Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available. |
First published | April 2006 |
Authors | Mark Danner |
Dimensions | 179 x 148 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 176 |
Edition | Main |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-59017-207-0 |
Barcode | 9781590172070 |
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LSN | 1-59017-207-8 |