Breach of trust. Truth, morality and politics was published in 2004 as a book-length essay (80 pages) in the series as "Quarterly Essay" (Nº 16). As a philosopher and, at that time, Professor of Moral Philosophy, one would expect Gaita to be foremostly eminent in writing a critical essay on the aftermath of 9/11 and the war in Iraq that was then taking shape as one of the consequences of the tense situation that was created since the attacks on the Western world in 2001.

Up until 2002, Raimond Gaita had published five books about moral philosophy and some biographical work. From 2003, he has concentrated on reflection on the good and evil of the tension as it has arisen during the first decade of the 21st century, beginning with the volume Why the War Was Wrong to which Gaita contributed as one of its editors. Breach of trust. Truth, morality and politics seems to be an afterthought to that book. After this, it took Gaita another six years to publish Gaza: Morality, Law and Politics and Essays on Muslims and Multiculturalism both of which published as an editor. The latter two place the discussion in a much broader context that it deserves, as the violence in the Middle East, though up till 2001 apparently localized and limited to the region, has been simmering since the end of World War I.

Unfortunately, while critical of the then-Prime Minister of the UK, Tony Blair, Breach of trust. Truth, morality and politics is still a rather superficial essay, caught up in the anger of the time, and the indignation vis-a-vis Western politician to launch an unjust war in Iraq on false grounds. The essay is mostly descriptive, involving little insight on in-depth reflection. There are a few moments where the author does attempt fitting the discussion into a deeper sense of a moral, not necessarily Christian perspective, but these passages are puzzling, and do not relate well to the overall quality of the essay. As it stands, the essay remains superficial, and dated, providing little insight of worth to understanding anything of what has come to dominate our times, that found its origins in the previous century and is an ongoing source of conflict and grief. ( )