The Burden of Power: Countdown to Iraq - The Alastair Campbell Diaries First Edition Third Printing
Language: English
Published by Hutchinson, 2012
- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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This is a fine copy of the first edition (third printing) of Volume 4 of the Alastair Campbell Diaries. It covers the events leading to the wars in Afghanistan and, more controversially, Iraq. Campbell records the enormous political difficulties at home and the sense of crisis that engulfed the government after the suicide of the weapons expert, David Kelly. Both book and dust jacket are unmarked (apart from some very faint spotting on the top edge of the text block) and look new. Campell has signed the title page with a dedication, with best wishes, to Ron. We have provided five photos of this book (the maximum enabled by the Abe platform) and would be happy to provide more.
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- Title
- The Burden of Power: Countdown to Iraq - The Alastair Campbell Diaries First Edition Third Printing
- Author
- Campbell, Alastair
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0091796288
- ISBN 13
- 9780091796280
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 1.25 kilograms
- Series
- Book 4 of 4: Alastair Campbell Diaries
The Burden of Power is the fourth volume of Alastair Campbell's diaries, and perhaps the most eagerly awaited given the ground it covers.
It begins on September 11, 2001, a day which immediately wrote itself into the history books, and it ends on the day Campbell leaves Downing Street. In between there are two wars: first Afghanistan, and then, even more controversially, Iraq. It was the most difficult decision of Tony Blair's premiership, and almost certainly the most unpopular. Campbell describes in detail the discussions with President Bush and other world leaders as the steps to war are taken, and delivers a unique account of Blair as war leader. He records the enormous political difficulties at home, and the sense of crisis that engulfed the government after the suicide of weapons inspector David Kelly. And all the while, Blair continues to struggle with two issues that ran throughout his time in government - fighting for peace in Northern Ireland, and trying to make peace with Gordon Brown. And Campbell continues to struggle balancing the needs of his family with one of the most pressurised roles in politics.
Riveting and revelatory, The Burden of Power is as raw and intimate a portrayal of political life as you are ever likely to read.
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About the Author
Alastair Campbell was born in Keighley, Yorkshire in 1957, the son of a vet. Having graduated from Cambridge University in modern languages, he went into journalism, principally with the Mirror Group. When Tony Blair became leader of the Labour Party, Campbell worked for him first as press secretary, then as official spokesman and director of communications and strategy from 1994 to 2003. He continued to act as an advisor to Mr Blair and the Labour Party, including during subsequent election campaigns. He now splits his time between writing, speaking, politics in Britain and overseas, consultancy and charity, as chairman of fundraising for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research, and a leading ambassador for the mental health campaign Time to Change.
He lives in North London with his partner of thirty-five years, Fiona Millar. They have three children. His interests include running, cycling, bagpipes and Burnley Football Club. He has published six volumes of diaries, including the number one Sunday Times bestseller, The Blair Years, a memoir on depression, The Happy Depressive, and three novels.
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