Axis Of Deceit: The Extraordinary Story of an Australian Whistleblower
The Extraordinary Story of an Australian Whistleblower
$36.52
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2010
Summary
In the 2010 federal election, independent candidate Andrew Wilkie grabbed headlines after winning the seat of Denison, and with it a key role in deciding who would form the next government of Australia.
Before he was a politician, however, Wilkie was Australia’s most talked-about whistleblower. In March 2003, Wilkie resigned from Australia’s peak intelligence agency in protest over the looming war in Iraq. He was the only serving intelligence officer from the ‘coalition of the willing…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780977594962 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0977594963 |
| Author: | Andrew Wilkie |
| Publisher: | Black Inc. |
| Imprint: | Black Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2010 |
| Weight: | 216g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 130mm x 16mm |
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About The Author
Andrew Wilkie
Andrew Wilkie is the author of Axis of Deceit. He served as a lieutenant colonel in the Australian Defence Force before joining the Office of National Assessments as a senior strategic analyst. Following his departure from the ONA, he provided evidence at the official British and Australian inquiries into the case for the Iraq war. He contested John Howard’s seat of Bennelong for the Greens in the 2004 federal election. In 2010, he was successfully elected as an independent for the federal seat of Denison in Tasmania.
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