Blair's War

ISBN: 978-0-7456-3358-9

Hardcover

200 pages

May 2004, Polity

Other Available Formats: Paperback

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Written by two of the most experienced and perceptive observers of British politics and New Labour, Blair’s War offers the most authoritative and complete record of the Iraq conflict to date.
The book explains how the UK’s stalwart commitment to stand "shoulder to shoulder" with America after 9/11 trapped Blair in a tragic logic that took the UK to war in Iraq.
It is a comprehensive handbook for anyone trying to make sense the claims and counter-claims now circulating on the origins of the war and its aftermath, and it clearly sets out the principles that should have guided Blair in this crisis, and must guide Labour Governments in similar crises to come.
Blair’s War provides a unique perspective on this latest unsettling turn in the "special relationship", and is essential reading for voters on both sides of the Atlantic who must soon determine the political fates of both the president and prime minister.