Chilcot Report : Report of the Iraq Inquiry: Executive Summary

Chilcot, John

ISBN 10: 099549780X / ISBN 13: 9780995497801

Published by Canbury Press, 2016

Seller Inventory # 27174994-n

Synopsis:

All the key findings of the public inquiry into the handling of the 2003 Iraq war by Tony Blair's government in a 60,000-word book.

Chaired by Sir John Chilcot, the Iraq Inquiry (known as the 'Chilcot Report') tackled:

• Saddam Hussein's threat to Britain
• the legal advice for the invasion
• intelligence about weapons of mass destruction and
• planning for a post-conflict Iraq.

The behaviour of the GCHQ whistleblower Katharine Gun and the controversy over whether Iraq had weapons of mass destruction formed the subject of the political thriller Official Secrets.

About the Author: The Iraq Inquiry was the public inquiry ordered by the British government into the UK's conduct before, during and after the Iraq war in 2003.
Named after its chairman Sir John Chilcot, a retired civil servant, the committee reported its findings on 6th July 2016.
The committee was set up by Gordon Brown, the then Prime Minister, in 2009, with the following members:
•    Sir John Chilcot (chairman), a career diplomat and senior civil servant who was previously a member of the Butler Review
•    Sir Lawrence Freedman, a military historian, and Professor of War Studies at King's College London.
•    Sir Martin Gilbert (died 3 February 2015), a historian who supported the invasion of Iraq
•    Sir Roderic Lyne, a former Ambassador to Russia and to the United Nations in Geneva
•    Baroness Prashar, a crossbencher, member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights

Bibliographic Details

Title: Chilcot Report : Report of the Iraq Inquiry:...
Publisher: Canbury Press
Publication Date: 2016
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New