The politics of truth : inside the lies that led to war and betrayed my wife's CIA identity : a diplomat's memoir / Joseph Wilson.

The sixteen words -- Getting started in a diplomatic career -- Back to Africa with twins -- Coming to Baghdad -- How to shake hands with a dictator -- Of hostages and convoys -- A noose for a necktie -- Watching the war from a distance -- All in a diplomat's life -- from Gabon to Albania -- Diplomats and generals -- U.S. peacekeeping in Bosnia -- Coming home for good -- Taking President Clinton to Africa -- Private citizen -- The road to the second gulf war -- What I didn't find in Africa -- A strange encounter with Robert Novak -- Frog-marching -- A criminal investigation -- A family photo -- A long strange trip -- Timelines -- Newspaper commentaries published by Ambassador Joseph Wilson before and after the United States invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Wilson recounts his career in the U.S. Foreign Service, his public challenge to President George W. Bush's claim that Iraqi president Saddam Hussein sought uranium from Africa, the subsequent disclosure of the CIA undercover status of his wife, and his allegations that the Bush administration fabricated and manipulated intelligence to bolster its case for the invasion of Iraq.