Axis of deceit : the extraordinary story of an Australian whistleblower / Andrew Wilkie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilkie, Andrew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Causes.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Whistle blowing--Australia.

Whistle blowing.

Intelligence officers--Australia--Biography.

Intelligence officers.

Intelligence service--Australia.

Intelligence service.

Australia--Politics and government--21st century.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 p.)

Place of Publication:

Melbourne, Victoria : Black Inc., 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 2010 federal election, independent candidate Andrew Wilkie grabbed headlines after winning the seat of Denison, and with it a key role in deciding who would form the next government of Australia. Before he was a politician, however, Wilkie was Australia's most talked-about whistleblower.In March 2003, Wilkie resigned from Australia's peak intelligence agency in protest over the looming war in Iraq. He was the only serving intelligence officer from the 'coalition of the willing' - the US, the UK and Australia - to do so, and his dramatic move was reported throughout the world.Wilkie's ac

Contents:

COVER PAGE; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; TAKING A STAND; LIFE ON THE INSIDE; THE WORLD OF INTELLIGENCE; AN UNNECESSARY WAR; THE BIG LIE; BLAME GAME; PUBLIC DISSERVICE; INTELLIGENCE FAILURES; SILENCING DISSENT; EPILOGUE; APPENDIX: PUBLISHING AXIS OF DECEIT; GLOSSARY; NOTES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 28, 2014).

ISBN:

9781921825699

1921825693

OCLC:

882246140