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- Release Title
- The Point Of Departure
- Artist
- Robin Cook
- CD Grading
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- EAN
- 9781416578314
- Movie/TV Title
- The Point Of Departure
- Inlay Condition
- Mint
- ISBN
- 9781416578314
- Publication Name
- The Point Of Departure
- Record Grading
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- Type
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- Book Title
- Point of Departure : Why One of Britain's Leading Politicians Resigned over Tony Blair's Decision to Go to War in Iraq
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), General, World / European, Commentary & Opinion, Political, Political Process / Political Parties
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 16.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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On 17 March 2003, Robin Cook, Leader of the House of Commons and former Foreign Secretary, resigned from the Cabinet in protest against the coming war in Iraq. His resignation speech against that war prompted the first standing ovation in the history of the House and marked the end of the ministerial career of one of Labour's most brilliant politicians. His arguments against that war are of profound interest and importance to American readers. For the two years prior to his resignation, Robin Cook kept a diary, a personal record of Labour's second term, that forms the core of this narrative. The Point of Departure is Robin Cook's unvarnished account of this dramatic period in British political history. Though surprised by his abrupt dismissal in 2001 as Foreign Secretary, he became determined to effect the changes in Parliamentary democracy that he believed were essential if Parliament was to move into the twenty-first century. As Tony Blair told Cook on offering him leadership of the House of Commons, "This is the job for you." Drawing on firsthand experiences in the Commons and the Cabinet, of encounters in conferences and corridors and late-night conversations, Cook details his gathering disillusionment with Tony Blair's change of direction, which he believes to be profoundly mistaken, and, above all, the change in foreign policy that led the United Kingdom away from its destiny in Europe and into participation in President Bush's war in Iraq. This is the inside story of a government in power -- and of the tensions between those who govern. But above all it is the story of a politician who genuinely wanted to bring democracy closer to the people, but who saw a government increasingly detached from the values of himself and his party, and who developed a growing conviction that the government position on Iraq was morally, diplomatically, and politically wrong.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1416578315
ISBN-13
9781416578314
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63415311
Product Key Features
Book Title
Point of Departure : Why One of Britain's Leading Politicians Resigned over Tony Blair's Decision to Go to War in Iraq
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / Iraq War (2003-2011), General, World / European, Commentary & Opinion, Political, Political Process / Political Parties
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16.2 Oz
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Reviews
Andrew Rawnsley, Observer Illuminating and Witty...[Cook] Has a Forensic Eye for the Telling Detail., Elinor Goodman, Sunday Telegraph Books of the Year The best insight yet into the workings of the Blair Cabinet., The Daily TelegraphThe most damning account yet of the origins of the British decision to attack Iraq...Those seriously interested in issues of peace and war should read this book., Martin Kettle, Guardian The one must-read memoir to have emerged from the years of the labour government., The Independent on SundayAs clear and eloquent as its author...it contains a sharp critique of New Labour and Blairism and above all of the road to war in Iraq...A well-thought-through and comprehensive criticism of New Labour and of Tony Blair., The HeraldInteresting and extraordinarily well written...the stories he has to tell of the build-up to the Iraq war, reform of the House of Lords, and modernisation of the House of Commons are valuable history...It is also refreshingly peppered with Robin's humour...He gives a crucial ringside seat with all the authority of the ex-foreign secretary...a riveting account., Will Hutton, Observer The Political book of the year: a lucid and compelling insider's account of the two years that define the Blair Prime Ministership.
Dewey Decimal
941.086
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Trade
Dewey Edition
22
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