Book Review: A JOURNEY
A Journey by Tony Blair
Hutchison, London, 2010
Pages 718, Rs. 999
A Journey by Tony Blair
Apologia for a war
Given that 92,000 copies were sold in the first four days, Tony Blair has felled a large number of trees to argue a case that is seriously flawed.
By sheer coincidence, as soon as the reviewer finished the book, the new Labour Party leader Ed Miliband came out with a categorical statement that the Iraq war was “wrong, wrong, wrong”. I had always thought that Tony Blair was really Tory Blair. I felt vindicated after reading the book written in the style of Christian apologetics to defend a position, not primarily to narrate what happened, how and why.
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November 10th,2010 category: Book Reviews, Books, International Affairs : Articles, Politics, Uncategorized | tags: A JOURNEY, Bill Clinton, Bush Administration, European Issue, International issues, International relations, Iraq War, NATO, Tony Blair, U.K. |
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