Hutton and Butler : Lifting the Lid on the Workings of Power

W. G. (Fellow of Trinity College Runciman, and President of the British Academy)

ISBN 10: 0197263291 / ISBN 13: 9780197263297

Published by Oxford University Press Okt 2004, 2004

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Neuware - These essays offer penetrating insights into the events and controversies that have dominated the news agenda for the last two years. The Hutton and Butler reports lifted the lid on the most intimate working of those who strive to convert information into a weapon - whether they be a PrimeMinister in Downing Street, an MI6 agent in the field, an intelligence analyst in Whitehall, or a journalist attempting to fuse fragments into hard copy. The British Academy has brought together a distinguished group of scholars and practitioners to probe the deeper themes at play in the rush ofevents and inquests. The essays examine: the legal issues raised by the manner and content of Lord Hutton's inquiry; the light both Hutton and Butler shed on the Blair style of Government; and the matter of trust between Government, the governed and the news media. The volume will be compulsoryreading for anyone interested in current affairs and the realities of decision-making at the highest levels of Government.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hutton and Butler : Lifting the Lid on the Workings of Power
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Okt 2004
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197263291
• ISBN 13: 9780197263297
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 156H x 9D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 9 millimeters depth
• Weight: 255 grams

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Synopsis

These essays offer penetrating insights into the events and controversies that have dominated the news agenda for the last two years.

Never has the path to a British war been mapped so fully and swiftly as the road to Baghdad in 2002-3. Between them, the Hutton and Butler reports lifted the lid on the most intimate workings of Government and those who strive to convert information into a weapon - whether they be a Prime Minister in Downing Street, an MI6 agent in the field, an intelligence analyst in Whitehall, or a journalist attempting to fuse fragments into hard copy.

Within days of Lord Butler reporting on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, on British intelligence assessments of their quantity and lethality and on the ingredients of the Blair Cabinet's decision to go to war, the British Academy brought together a distinguished group of scholars and practitioners to probe the deeper themes at play in the rush of events and inquests. The essays examine: the legal issues raised by the manner and content of Lord Hutton's inquiry; the light both Hutton and Butler shed on the Blair style of Government; and the matter of trust between Government, the governed and the news media.

This volume will be compulsory reading for anyone interested in current affairs and the realities of decision-making at the highest levels of Government.

About the Author

W. G. Runciman is at Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; and President of the British Academy.