A fascinating insight into the complexity, history and unpredictability of Iraq.
By September 2003, six months after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the anarchy had begun. Rory Stewart, a young Biritish diplomat, was appointed as the Coalition Provisional Authority's deputy governor of a province of 850,000 people in the southern marshland region. There, he and his colleagues confronted gangsters, Iranian-linked politicians, tribal vendettas and a full Islamist insurgency.
Occupational Hazards is Rory Stewart's inside account of the attempt to rebuild a nation, the errors made, the misunderstandings and insurmountable difficulties encountered. It reveals an Iraq hidden from most foreign journalists and soldiers. Stewart is an award-winning writer, gifted with extraordinary insight into the comedy, occasional heroism and moral risks of foreign occupation.
'Beautifully written, highly evocative . . . a joy to read' - John Simpson
'A marvellous book . . . a devastating narrative' - Simon Jenkins
'Absolutely absorbing' - Ken Loach
'Strikes gut and brain at once' - James Meek
'Wonderfully observed, wise, evocative' - Observer
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- Publication Date:
- 04/05/2007
- Publication Date:
- 04/05/2007
- Authors:
- Stewart, Rory
- Year Published:
- 2007
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9780330440509
- Number of Pages:
- 464
- Publisher:
- Pan Macmillan
- Place of Publication:
- London
- SKU:
- 9780330440509