The Point of Departure
Language: English
Published by Simon & Schuster, Limited, London, United Kingdom, 2003
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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- Title
- The Point of Departure
- Author
- Cook, Robin
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, Limited, London, United Kingdom
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- As New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0743252551
- ISBN 13
- 9780743252553
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Biography
No-one is better placed than Robin Cook to write about this recent extraordinary period in our political history. Drawing on his first-hand experiences of the Commons and the Cabinet, Robin Cook mixes forensic analysis with a fresh and intimate narrative to explosive effect. The first inside account of the Blair government from a genuine political heavyweight, Point of Departure has already been heralded as one of the most incendiary political memoirs for decades.
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Review
"The Independent"
On Iraq, Cook's diary builds up a devastating critique.
"The Sunday Telegraph"
His arguments on the Iraq war are incisively, indeed corrosively, phrased.
"The Daily Telegraph"
The 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.
"The Independent on Sunday"
As 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 Herald"
Interesting 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.
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.
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.
Martin Kettle, "Guardian" The one must-read memoir to have emerged from the years of the labour government.
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Plato's Books
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