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The Salisbury Poisonings: The Spy, the Novichok Attack, Dawn Sturgess, and the Investigation Behind a Deadly International Crisis

The Salisbury Poisonings: The Spy, the Novichok Attack, Dawn Sturgess, and the Investigation Behind a Deadly International Crisis

Hales, Marcus E.

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General Military HistoryInternational RelationsTrue Crime

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ISBN13: 9798192790465
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.35 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What began as a mysterious poisoning in an English city would become one of the most consequential espionage investigations in modern British history.

In March 2018, former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were found critically ill in Salisbury. What initially appeared to be a medical emergency soon became a complex investigation involving a highly dangerous nerve agent, international intelligence, counterterrorism investigators, and a city confronting an invisible threat.

But the story did not end with the Skripals.

Months later, Dawn Sturgess was fatally exposed to the same nerve agent after coming into contact with a discarded container. Her death transformed the case, raising urgent questions about how the poison had been deployed, what authorities knew, whether the tragedy could have been prevented, and who was ultimately responsible.

The Salisbury Poisonings follows the case from its origins through the investigation and the subsequent Dawn Sturgess Inquiry. It examines the people at the center of the story, the science behind the poisoning, the evidence uncovered by investigators, the suspected operatives and their movements, the international response, and the human cost left behind in Salisbury.

Inside, readers will discover:

- Sergei Skripal's hidden past and the events that brought him from Russian intelligence to Britain.

- The March 2018 poisoning and the emergency response that followed.

- Novichok and the scientific challenge of identifying and containing an invisible threat.

- The investigation and evidence trail, including surveillance, forensic work, intelligence, and international cooperation.

- The discovery of the discarded container that led to the second poisoning.

- Dawn Sturgess's story and the circumstances surrounding her death.

- The international crisis that followed Britain's attribution of responsibility.

- The questions of prevention and responsibility raised after Dawn's death.

- The Dawn Sturgess Inquiry and what its findings added to the public understanding of the case.

- The unanswered questions that continue to surround one of Britain's most extraordinary modern espionage cases.

This is not simply the story of a spy or a mysterious poison. It is a story about intelligence, investigation, scientific evidence, international conflict, ordinary people caught in extraordinary circumstances, and the lasting consequences of a covert operation that reached far beyond its intended target.

Carefully presented as an independent work of nonfiction, The Salisbury Poisonings brings together the documented record, investigative evidence, official findings, and human stories to examine what happened in Salisbury-and why the case still matters.

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