The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War
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"The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War" is a non-fiction book recounting the true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun, who exposed a secret U.S.-U.K. operation to manipulate United Nations support for the 2003 Iraq invasion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11747686 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War Context triple: [Official Secrets, basedOn, The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War]
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A.
I Was a Spy
I Was a Spy is a 1933 British war drama film about a Belgian woman who becomes a spy during World War I.
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B.
King of Spies
King of Spies is a creator-owned espionage comic series from Mark Millar’s Millarworld imprint that follows an aging British secret agent waging a brutal one-man war on corruption.
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C.
The Catcher Was a Spy
The Catcher Was a Spy is a 2018 biographical spy drama film about Major League Baseball player-turned-World War II spy Moe Berg, based on Nicholas Dawidoff’s nonfiction book of the same name.
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D.
How I Won the War
How I Won the War is a 1967 satirical anti-war film directed by Richard Lester, known for its dark humor, experimental style, and featuring John Lennon in a supporting role.
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E.
The Spy
"The Spy" is an 1821 historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper set during the American Revolutionary War, often regarded as one of the earliest major works of American fiction.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War Target entity description: "The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War" is a non-fiction book recounting the true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun, who exposed a secret U.S.-U.K. operation to manipulate United Nations support for the 2003 Iraq invasion.
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A.
I Was a Spy
I Was a Spy is a 1933 British war drama film about a Belgian woman who becomes a spy during World War I.
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B.
King of Spies
King of Spies is a creator-owned espionage comic series from Mark Millar’s Millarworld imprint that follows an aging British secret agent waging a brutal one-man war on corruption.
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C.
The Catcher Was a Spy
The Catcher Was a Spy is a 2018 biographical spy drama film about Major League Baseball player-turned-World War II spy Moe Berg, based on Nicholas Dawidoff’s nonfiction book of the same name.
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D.
How I Won the War
How I Won the War is a 1967 satirical anti-war film directed by Richard Lester, known for its dark humor, experimental style, and featuring John Lennon in a supporting role.
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E.
The Spy
"The Spy" is an 1821 historical novel by James Fenimore Cooper set during the American Revolutionary War, often regarded as one of the earliest major works of American fiction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| about |
Government Communications Headquarters
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National Security Agency ⓘ UN Security Council Resolution debates on Iraq ⓘ ethics of intelligence work ⓘ intelligence services ⓘ international law ⓘ media coverage of leaks ⓘ war powers ⓘ whistleblowing ⓘ |
| basedOn | true story of Katharine Gun ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describes |
attempts to secure UN support for the 2003 Iraq invasion
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leak of a top-secret NSA email ⓘ legal and political consequences for Katharine Gun ⓘ secret U.S.-U.K. operation to influence UN Security Council ⓘ use of the UK Official Secrets Act against whistleblowers ⓘ |
| focusesOnEvent |
leak of NSA memo on UN spying
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prelude to the 2003 Iraq War ⓘ |
| focusesOnOrganization |
GCHQ
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linked to:
Government Communications Headquarters
NSA ⓘ United Nations Security Council ⓘ |
| focusesOnPerson | Katharine Gun ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
investigative journalism
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political non-fiction ⓘ true crime (political) ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
civil liberties
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conscience versus duty ⓘ government secrecy ⓘ international diplomacy ⓘ legitimacy of war ⓘ personal cost of whistleblowing ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
2003 invasion of Iraq
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linked to:
Operation Iraqi Freedom
British intelligence whistleblowing ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ Katharine Gun ⓘ U.S.-U.K. intelligence cooperation ⓘ United Nations diplomacy ⓘ surveillance of UN diplomats ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | narrative non-fiction ⓘ |
| portrays |
Katharine Gun as a whistleblower
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U.S.-U.K. efforts to pressure undecided UN member states ⓘ |
| setting |
United Kingdom
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United Nations headquarters in New York ⓘ
linked to:
United Nations Headquarters
|
| timePeriod |
early 2000s
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run-up to the Iraq War ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War Description of subject: "The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War" is a non-fiction book recounting the true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun, who exposed a secret U.S.-U.K. operation to manipulate United Nations support for the 2003 Iraq invasion.
Referenced by (3)
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