MoD pays £150,000 to pulp Afghanistan book after bureaucratic blunder "The manuscript of the book about British operations in Afghanistan had been cleared by the Ministry of Defence after a four-month review process, but on the eve of publication senior officials decided further changes were needed.
Because the publishers Quercus had already completed the 24,000-copy print run, the MoD agreed to purchase all of the books, costing £151,450, and oversee their destruction. The total bill amounts to more than the annual salary of 10 Army recruits.
It is believed that Dr Fox, who has attacked what he describes as the MoD’s culture of waste and “mushrooming costs” had to personally approve the payment for the copies of Dead Men Risen: The Welsh Guards and the Real Story of Britain’s War in Afghanistan, by Toby Harnden, the Daily Telegraph’s US Editor.
But sources said the Defence Secretary was deeply angered by the MoD’s failure to spot the necessary amendments during the lengthy review of the manuscript, which had already led to almost 500 requests for changes."
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