With all the pace and drama of a political thriller, "Dirty
Diplomacy" is a riveting account of a young, fast-living
ambassador's battle against a ruthless dictatorship in Central Asia
and the craven political expediency in Washington and London that
eventually cost him his job.
Craig Murray is no ordinary diplomat. He enjoys a drink or
three, and if it's in the company of a pretty girl, so much the
better. Murray's scant regard for the rules of the game also
extends to his job. When, in the first few weeks of his posting to
the little-known Central Asian Republic of Uzbekistan, he comes
across photographs of a political dissident who has literally been
boiled to death, he ignores diplomatic nicety and calls it for what
it is: torture of the cruelest sort.
Murray soon discovers that this is no one-off incident: fierce
abuse of those opposing the government is rife. It's not long
before he is tearing around the country in his embassy Land Rover,
shaking off Uzbek police tails and crashing through roadblocks to
meet with dissidents and expose their persecutors. He even
confronts the despotic president, Islom Karimov, face-to-face.
But Murray's bosses in London's Foreign Office, ever mindful of
their senior partners in Washington, don't want to upset the
applecart. Karimov is an ally in the newly announced Global War on
Terror. His country is host to a big American air base. The last
thing they need is a battling young diplomat stirring things up. In
Craig Murray, that's exactly what they've got...
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