The Politics of Truth

Infobox Book |
name = The Politics of Truth
title_orig = The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity: A Diplomat's Memoir


author = Joseph C. Wilson
cover_artist = Linda Kosarin
country = United States
language = English
genre = Memoir
publisher = Carroll & Graf
release_date = April 30, 2004 (Hardcover)
April 10, 2005 (Paperback)
media_type = Print (Hardcover; Paperback)
pages = 528; 517 + xlix
isbn = ISBN 078671378X (10) & ISBN 978-0786713783 (13) [hardcover]
ISBN 0786715510 (10) & ISBN 978-0786715510 (13) [paperback]

"The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity: A Diplomat's Memoir" (New York: Carroll & Graf, 2004; paperback ed., 2005), by former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, IV, was first published as a hardcover edition in 2004.

Both a political and personal memoir, Wilson's autobiographical account of over two decades of his life in foreign service includes detailed descriptions of his extensive diplomatic-career experiences, his first marriage and family, briefer references to his second marriage, his meeting of Valerie Plame, their courtship and marriage, and a detailed narrative of the events leading to his decision to go public with his criticisms of the George W. Bush administration and its aftermath, extended in appendices of chronological "timelines" and "Newspaper Commentaries Published by Ambassador Joseph Wilson Before and After the United States Invasion of Iraq in 2003" (461-86).

The book includes a "Bibliography" (487-96) and a detailed index (497-517).

The 2005 paperback edition, subtitled "Inside the Lies that Put the White House on Trial and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity", is "Updated with a New Preface by the Author ("Anatomy of a Smear" [li-lxix] ) and an Investigative Report on the Niger Documents Affair by Russ Hoyle" ("The Niger Affair: The Investigation That Won't Go Away" [xiii-xlix] ).

Wilson's dedications read:

To my wife Valerie, I cannot begin to tell you how sorry I am for what your government has done to you. If I could give you back your anonymity I would do so in a minute.
To Sabrina and Joe, who experienced so many of these adventures with me.
To Trevor and Samantha, in the hopes that by reading this you will gain some insight into events that took place before you could understand their significance.
To Dad and Mom, who will never read this but who, as Marines, did their best to teach me the meaning of duty to country.

The epigraph is from "The Divine Comedy", by Dante Alighieri:

"The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality".

External links

*Wilson, Joseph C., IV. " [http://www.politicsoftruth.com/ The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Put the White House on Trial and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity: A Diplomat's Memoir] ". Excerpts from the book, interviews, and reviews, a news archive, and hyperlinked [http://www.politicsoftruth.com/bibliography.html "Bibliography"] (Copyright © 2004, Carroll & Graf Publishers & Joseph Wilson). Accessed August 14, 2007.