Review
'Barry Turner's lucid anlaysis ... offers a fresh, concise, well-argued account, at ease with the complexity of events. He excels at unravelling the duplicitous threads of diplomacy.' -- The Sunday Times 'Detailed and timely ... [a] valuable account of political chicanery' -- Scotland on Sunday 'An exhaustive but excellent account of the intervention...This is narrative history at its sharpest, offering insight and, perhaps, lessons to be learnt.' -- Metro 'A wonderfully clear guide to the events and their causes ... knows how to tell a complex story.' -- The Times 'Turner makes a rattling yarn of it all, taking us through the interminable build-up and the actual fiasco with verve and wit.' -- Guardian 'Barry Turner has written an excellent straightforward narrative of events. Familiar as the story is, Turner tells it grippingly.' -- Spectator
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Review
'Barry Turner's lucid anlaysis . . . offers a fresh, concise, well-argued account, at ease with the complexity of events. He excels at unravelling the duplicitous threads of diplomacy.' (
The Sunday Times )
'Detailed and timely . . . [a] valuable account of political chicanery'
(
Scotland on Sunday )
'An exhaustive but excellent account of the intervention....This is narrative history at its sharpest, offering insight and, perhaps, lessons to be learnt.'
(
Metro )
'Highly professional and very well written'
(
Times Literary Supplement )
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