30 Days: A Month at the Heart of Blair's War

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title 30 Days: A Month at the Heart of Blair's War
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Peter Stothard
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreBiographies and autobiography
ISBN/Barcode 9780007173211
ClassificationsDewey:327.41
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Publication Date 7 July 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A fly-on-the-wall account of a month spent behind the scenes with Tony Blair as he attempted to win support for a war against Saddam. The book, by a former editor of "The Times", is a diary which begins with the Prime Minister being slow hand-clapped in a TV studio and ends with the fall of Saddam's statue - a moment as iconic as those scenes atop the US Embassy in Saigon more than 25 years ago - and which takes us backstage at Number 10, in the Azores, at Camp David, and at Hillsborough.

Author Biography

Peter Stothard was editor of The Times from 1992 to 2002, the period of its greatest commercial success for a century, and is currently editor of theTimes Literary Supplement. He was knighted for his services to newspapers in

Reviews

Praise for 30 Days: a month at the heart of Blair's war: 'An observant, thought-provoking book, written with admirable lightness of touch.' Evening Standard 'Stothard expertly shapes a narrative in which Blair manages to stick by his principles...' Publishers Weekly 'Peter Stothard's terrific book...' The New York Times