T. J. COLES is a postdoctoral researcher at Plymouth University's Cognition Institute, working on issues relating to blindness and visual impairment. His thesis, The Knotweed Factor, can be read online. A columnist with AxisOfLogic.com, Coles has written about human rights and politics for a number of publications, including CounterPunch, Newsweek, New Statesman and Truth-out. His books include Manufacturing Terrorism, Fire and Fury, President Trump, Inc., and The Great Brexit Swindle.

`Full of useful and original research... I read with great interest.' - Noam Chomsky; `T. J. Coles' meticulous work is outstanding. Never has it been more important to invert the message of the mainstream media and tell the truth, as he does.' - John Pilger; `An important work in that it brings many of Britain’s secret wars, with their war crimes and other atrocities, to public attention … The bulk of the evidence … comes from the government’s own records … [Coles lays] it out, like portraits on a gallery wall, for us to peruse.’ – Professor Jeremy Keenan, author of State Crime; `The slap in the face this book should give to those of us engaged in debates over British foreign policy is an important part of awakening us to the struggle.’ – Dr Matthew Alford, author of Global Fault Lines

• Preface to the Second Edition - Introduction - Foreign policy: `To pursue clandestine, illegal operations' - PART 1: THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA - 1. Syria: `Illegal but necessary' - 2. Libya: `Orchestrated unrest' - 3. Iraq: `A momentary twinge of concern' - 4. Iran: `It's all about petrol prices' - 5. Yemen: `Put the fear of death into them' - 6. Drones: `We're talking about murder' - PART II: AND BEYOND - 7. Ukraine: `We saw this one coming' - 8. Sri Lanka D `Shining a light' - 9. Colombia: `The best business environment' - 10. Papua: `Starve the bastards out' - 11. Somalia: `Now I'm a real killer' - 12. Bangladesh: `Survival of the fittest' - Conclusion: Peaceniks, `terrorist sympathisers' - Notes - Index

T. J. COLES is a postdoctoral researcher at Plymouth University's Cognition Institute, working on issues relating to blindness and visual impairment. His thesis, The Knotweed Factor, can be read online. A columnist with AxisOfLogic.com, Coles has written about human rights and politics for a number of publications, including CounterPunch, Newsweek, New Statesman and Truth-out. His books include Manufacturing Terrorism, Fire and Fury, President Trump, Inc., and The Great Brexit Swindle.

`Full of useful and original research... I read with great interest.' - Noam Chomsky; `T. J. Coles' meticulous work is outstanding. Never has it been more important to invert the message of the mainstream media and tell the truth, as he does.' - John Pilger; `An important work in that it brings many of Britain’s secret wars, with their war crimes and other atrocities, to public attention … The bulk of the evidence … comes from the government’s own records … [Coles lays] it out, like portraits on a gallery wall, for us to peruse.’ – Professor Jeremy Keenan, author of State Crime; `The slap in the face this book should give to those of us engaged in debates over British foreign policy is an important part of awakening us to the struggle.’ – Dr Matthew Alford, author of Global Fault Lines

• Preface to the Second Edition - Introduction - Foreign policy: `To pursue clandestine, illegal operations' - PART 1: THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA - 1. Syria: `Illegal but necessary' - 2. Libya: `Orchestrated unrest' - 3. Iraq: `A momentary twinge of concern' - 4. Iran: `It's all about petrol prices' - 5. Yemen: `Put the fear of death into them' - 6. Drones: `We're talking about murder' - PART II: AND BEYOND - 7. Ukraine: `We saw this one coming' - 8. Sri Lanka D `Shining a light' - 9. Colombia: `The best business environment' - 10. Papua: `Starve the bastards out' - 11. Somalia: `Now I'm a real killer' - 12. Bangladesh: `Survival of the fittest' - Conclusion: Peaceniks, `terrorist sympathisers' - Notes - Index