A Very British Killing

The Death of Baha Mousa

A. T. Williams

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English

Vintage
15 June 2013

Winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2013

This is the true story of a murder that sums up the stink of invading Iraq and why the Iraq story is far from over.

On 14 September 2003 Baha Mousa, a hotel receptionist, was arrested in Basra by British troops and taken to a military base for questioning.

Less than forty-eight hours later he was dead.

In A Very British Killing A.T. Williams tells the inside story of this crime and its aftermath, exposing the casual brutality, bureaucratic apathy, and instituional failure to hold people criminally responsible for Mousa's death.

What it reveals about Britain and its political and military institutions is explosive.

By: A. T. Williams
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 224g
ISBN: 9780099575115
ISBN 10: 0099575116
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 15 June 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General/trade , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

A. T. Williams won the George Orwell Prize for Political Writing in 2013 for his book A Very British Killing- The Death of Baha Mousa. He lives in Warwickshire.

Reviews for A Very British Killing: The Death of Baha Mousa

Andrew Williams is an academic lawyer with the tenacity of a detective and the literary flair of the best kind of investigative journalist, and his account of the fate of Baha Mousa, a young Iraqi man who was beaten to death by his guards in a British military prison, is one of the most important pieces of writing to come out of the Iraq War. -- Richard Lloyd Parry, Author Of People Who Eat Darkness This is a landmark book. Fluently, meticulously, A. T. Williams allows us to understand both the murderous nature of colonial war and the insidious moral corruption behind its institutional facades -- John Pilger Anyone who hopes to avoid repeating the such calamities in future wars should read this book -- Jack Fairweather, Author Of A War Of Choice Of immense value to anyone interested in the conduct, and misconduct, of war in our time Evening Standard