The War on Truth is a 2006 book that investigates the circumstances of the British involvement in the Iraq War, written by Herald journalist Neil Mackay.[1]
The book investigates the circumstances that led to the war in Iraq, the war itself and its aftermath.[1] It focusses on disinformation from the British government and questions the existence of democracy in the UK.[1]
The Chapter: How the Lies were Told focusses on Operation Rockingham, which is described as a government effort to cherry pick data that would support the government's villainous characterization of Saddam Hussein, his ownership of weapons of mass destruction, and the justification for the war.[2] The book reports that United Nations staff in Iraq constantly fed information to Operation Rockingham.[2] The operation ignored vast quantities of data about the weaknesses of Iraqi troops, Iraqi compliance with international rules, and instead only presented information that justified the British government's pro-war stance.[2] The cherry-picking approach was described to have been undertaken at the direction of the British government and led to the production of the infamous "Dodgy Dossier".[2] Mackay credits Michael Meacher for his critique of Operation Rockingham[2] and documents how the events damaged the reputation of Tony Blair.[3]
The book also documents how the British government manipulated the press by planting poorly-substantiated stories in overseas newspapers, then encouraging UK press to report on the foreign reporting.[2]
The book describes how Republican American efforts to push for the war made a military intervention a foregone conclusion.[4]
Researchedit
Neil Mackay was supported by Scott Ritter in the production of the book.[2]
Critical receptionedit
The book drew substantive praise from Ken Coates in his book Surging for Oil.[2] Coats calls the book "splendid" several times and celebrates that Mackay has combined his years of reporting into a "highly lethal single volume".[2]
^Nineham, C. (2013). Making the news: the media and the movement against the Iraq war (doctoral thesis). University of Westminster. p115
^Hamm, B. (2015), "The end of democracy as we knew it", Foresight, Vol. 17 No. 2, pp. 161–193. doi:10.1108/FS-04-2014-0024
November 04, 2023
truth, 2006, book, that, investigates, circumstances, british, involvement, iraq, written, herald, journalist, neil, mackay, authorneil, mackaylanguageenglishgenrenon, fictionpublished30, october, 2006publishersunday, herald, booksisbn978, 1904684152the, book,. The War on Truth is a 2006 book that investigates the circumstances of the British involvement in the Iraq War written by Herald journalist Neil Mackay 1 The War on TruthAuthorNeil MackayLanguageEnglishGenrenon fictionPublished30 October 2006PublisherSunday Herald BooksISBN978 1904684152The book s subtitle is Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Invasion of Iraq but Your Government Wouldn t Tell You 2 Contents 1 Summary 2 Research 3 Critical reception 4 See also 5 ReferencesSummary editThe book investigates the circumstances that led to the war in Iraq the war itself and its aftermath 1 It focusses on disinformation from the British government and questions the existence of democracy in the UK 1 The Chapter How the Lies were Told focusses on Operation Rockingham which is described as a government effort to cherry pick data that would support the government s villainous characterization of Saddam Hussein his ownership of weapons of mass destruction and the justification for the war 2 The book reports that United Nations staff in Iraq constantly fed information to Operation Rockingham 2 The operation ignored vast quantities of data about the weaknesses of Iraqi troops Iraqi compliance with international rules and instead only presented information that justified the British government s pro war stance 2 The cherry picking approach was described to have been undertaken at the direction of the British government and led to the production of the infamous Dodgy Dossier 2 Mackay credits Michael Meacher for his critique of Operation Rockingham 2 and documents how the events damaged the reputation of Tony Blair 3 The book also documents how the British government manipulated the press by planting poorly substantiated stories in overseas newspapers then encouraging UK press to report on the foreign reporting 2 The book describes how Republican American efforts to push for the war made a military intervention a foregone conclusion 4 Research editNeil Mackay was supported by Scott Ritter in the production of the book 2 Critical reception editThe book drew substantive praise from Ken Coates in his book Surging for Oil 2 Coats calls the book splendid several times and celebrates that Mackay has combined his years of reporting into a highly lethal single volume 2 See also editDavid Kelly weapons expert References edit a b c Deane Raymond 15 December 2006 Book Review Incandescent Nation The Electronic Intifada Retrieved 15 January 2022 a b c d e f g h i j Coates Ken 2007 Surging for Oil PDF pp 79 81 ISBN 978 0851247434 Nineham C 2013 Making the news the media and the movement against the Iraq war doctoral thesis University of Westminster p115 Hamm B 2015 The end of democracy as we knew it Foresight Vol 17 No 2 pp 161 193 doi 10 1108 FS 04 2014 0024 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The War on Truth amp oldid 1177377113, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
