Occupational Hazards

''Devastating'' - The Sunday Times ''Absolutely absorbing'' - Ken Loach By September 2003, six months after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the anarchy had begun. Rory Stewart, then a young British 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, a rare and compelling insight that remains just as important today. ''An extraordinarily vivid tale'' - The Guardian ''Wonderfully observed, wise, evocative'' - The Observer

Product details

• Authors: Rory Stewart, Stewart Rory
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 09.05.2024
• EAN: 9781035052172
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3505217-2
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 198 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, HISTORY / Middle East / Iraq, TRAVEL / Middle East / General, Autobiography: historical, political & military, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, c 2000 to c 2009, Iraq, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Central / national / federal government, Classic Travel Writing, Central government