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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960283503321

Autore

Wallis Rodney <1933->

Titolo

Lockerbie : the story and the lessons / / Rodney Wallis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2001

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

9798400680465

9780313002922

0313002924

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 p.)

Disciplina

363.12/465/0941483

Soggetti

Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing Incident, 1988

Bombing investigation - Scotland - Lockerbie

Terrorism - United States

Terrorism - Europe

Victims of terrorism - Scotland - Lockerbie

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.