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he Controversial Memoirs of Britain's Ambassador at the Time of 9/11 And the Iraq War
Orion
March 2006
300 pages
ISBN: 0297851144
Hardcover
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Blair was pretty determined to go all the way with President
Bush not because he's hanging on to this relationship for
dear life but because he truly believed that Saddam Hussein
was an offence to the integrity of the UN.' Christopher Meyer was Ambassador to the United States from
1997 to 2003, during which time he was an eyewitness to and
participant in the events following 9/11 and the
preparations for the Iraq war. Never before has there been
such a riveting and candid memoir of life behind the
diplomatic scenes. Meyer's is an honest account of what he
saw, what he heard and how he felt. The cast list of characters who feature here includes
Margaret Thatcher, Bob Hope, the Clintons, Steven Spielberg,
Condoleeza Rice, Alastair Campbell and Jack Straw. The book
reveals close encounters with Tony Blair, Robin Cook and
Peter Mandelson; KGB honey traps in Russia; a major row with
Bill Clinton; inside stories on Number 10 and the Foreign
Office; and of course life behind the scenes with Blair and
George W. Bush. It was clear that the Prime Minister's
office and not the Foreign Office would control relations
with Washington, and Meyer shows in close up how he helped
facilitate the 'special relationship'. For anyone whose definition of a diplomat is someone sent
abroad to lie for their country, Christopher Meyer's memoir
is the perfect rejoinder. It will also be hailed as one of
the most important political memoirs of the decade. 'the delicious portraiture, razor-sharp character
assessments and the sharing of undiplomatic discretions, are
all beautifully, and often comically, presented.'
James Cusick
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