Description
Close encounters with Tony Blair, Robin Cook and Peter Mandelson; KGB honey traps in Russia; Blair's major row with Bill Clinton; inside stories on Number 10 and the Foreign Office; and of course life behind the scenes with Blair and George W. Bush
Christopher Meyer, Ambassador to the United States from 1997 to 2003, gives a candid account of life behind the diplomatic scenes. In DC Confidential he reveals what he saw, what he heard and how he felt.
'A riveting read... It is a genuine page-turner that is full of anecdotes, insights and a wealth of verbatim quotes from conversations involving Blair, Bush, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice, Karl Rove, Jack Straw and Gordon Brown'
- Roy Greenslade, Guardian
'Taken as a particular view of the Blair administration, they are priceless... These entertaining ventures into high politics and low abuse'
- Philip Hensher, Independent
"The importance of the Meyer book is very great'
- Peter Oborne, Spectator
ISBN:9780753821305
