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26%OFFIan Cobain - Cruel Britannia - 9781846273346 - V9781846273346
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Cruel Britannia

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Description for Cruel Britannia Paperback. A award-winning book from an acclaimed investigative journalist, Cruel Britannia tells the hidden story of Britain's secretive and shameful record of torture, for the first time Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPVR; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
The official line is clear: the UK does not 'participate in, solicit, encourage or condone' torture. And yet, the evidence is irrefutable: when faced with potential threats to our national security, the gloves always come off. Drawing on previously unseen official documents, and the accounts of witnesses, victims and experts, prize-winning investigative journalist Ian Cobain looks beyond the cover-ups and the equivocations, to get to the truth. From WWII to the War on Terror, via Kenya and Northern Ireland, Cruel Britannia shows how the British have repeatedly and systematically resorted to torture, bending the law where they can, and ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Portobello Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846273346
SKU
V9781846273346
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-10

About Ian Cobain
IAN COBAIN was born in Liverpool in 1960. He has been a journalist since the early 1980s and is currently an investigative reporter with the Guardian. He has won a number of awards for his journalism, including the Martha Gellhorn Prize and the Paul Foot Award. He has also won several Amnesty International media awards. His first book,Cruel Britannia (Portobello ... Read more

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