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As Used on the Famous Nelson Mandela: Underground Adventures in the Arms and Torture Trade (Paperback)

by Mark Thomas (Author)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Ebury Press (6 Jul 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 009190921X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0091909215
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.4 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 224,592 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'John Pilger with laughs', The Guardian .'Thomas, in essence, is a brilliant investigative journalist disguised as an angry, shouty comedian ... very funny indeed', Daily Telegraph


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"funny, disturbing and fascinating"
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Things we should all know about the defence industry, 15 Nov 2006
By Mr. J. N. Fowles "J Fowles" (England) - See all my reviews
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Opens up an industry that has too many secrets, not enough laws and regulations. This book doesn't tackle the issue of the 'defence' industry being right or wrong, that is another issue. It simply outlines the facts and loop holes of an industry we should all know more about, at home and world-wide. As a British citizen, it's important to know more about this industry, especially when literally anyone can be an arms dealer (as Mark, a nun and even a bunch of kids prove)!

Hopefully this information reaches such a wide audience to make some changes at a higher level.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Truly inspiring, 2 Jul 2007
By F. G. Lelliott (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: As Used on the Famous Nelson Mandela: Underground Adventures in the Arms and Torture Trade (Paperback)
Having seen Mark Thomas on TV, and thoroughly enjoyed his thought-provoking and often acid attacks on various issues, I bought this book hoping for more of the same. I was not disappointed.

Every chapter has both laugh-out-loud and truly shocking content in equal measure, and Mark Thomas clearly demontrates the immorality, greed & hypocrisy surrounding the international arms trade, in a way only he can.

If you really want to know the truth about the British 'Ethical Foreign Policy' (oh, how that makes me smile having read the book), BAEs unhealthy influence within government, how the term 'arms embargo' is utterly meaningless in the real world, the UK's pitiful record on arm control or how British schoolchildren got careers advise from an arms dealer (I kid you not), this is the book for you.

One word of warning, however. Be prepared for some late night reading, as this book is so completely engrossing, you will find yourself in the wee small hours before you know it.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Please sir, can I have some more?, 24 Oct 2006
Why, why, why isn't this chap more prolific?
This is a great book - it seems as though Mark is speaking to us on a one-2-one basis and explaining how alarmingly easy it is to become an arms trader.
Mark effortlessly moves from one subject to another - introducing hilarious characters, as well as malevolent villains and illustrating just how desensitised people become to death and murder when they get paid for it.
Books like this are enjoyable because you can share the author's rage and despair chapter by chapter. I'm a fan of Mark and was definitely not let down by his first book.
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