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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454893203321

Autore

Wallis Rodney

Titolo

Lockerbie [[electronic resource] ] : the story and the lessons / / Rodney Wallis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. ; ; London, : Praeger, 2001

ISBN

0-313-00292-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Disciplina

363.124650941483

Soggetti

Bombing investigation - Scotland - Lockerbie

Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing Incident, 1988

Terrorism - Europe

Terrorism - United States

Victims of terrorism - Scotland - Lockerbie

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Sabotage; Chapter 2 Growing Threat of Terrorism; Chapter 3 Bombing of Pan Am 103; Chapter 4 Search and Recovery; Chapter 5 Governmental Inquiries; Chapter 6 Indictments; Chapter 7 Families' Search for the Truth; Chapter 8 Trial: Fact Witnesses; Chapter 9 Trial: Deposition Witnesses; Chapter 10 Trial: Expert Testimony; Chapter 11 The Appeals; Chapter 12 Conspiracy Theories; Chapter 13 Post-Lockerbie; Epilogue; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The story of the Lockerbie tragedy from the build-up of the terrorist threat in the summer of 1988 to the indictment of Libyan agents for their part in the bombing. It examines the facts surrounding the sabotage of the flight and the weaknesses in Pan Am's communication and management policies.