The Weapons Detective by Rod Barton institutional-history humanity and vision of one

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The Weapons Detective by Rod Barton institutional-history humanity and vision of oneFrom the chaos of Somalia to the inner sanctums of the UN, Barton has more than once been at the eye of the storm. He describes interviewing Iraq's Dr Germ and painstakingly uncovering a biological weapons program. He also tells of resisting political pressure from the CIA and MI6 in the aftermath of the 2003 war, when WMD failed to appear. The Weapons Detective describes the fascinating chess game of weapons inspection, with its mixture of detective