Occupational hazards

Stewart, Rory

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From the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Politics on the Edge.

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Publish Date: 09/05/2024

Description

A fascinating insight into the complexity, history and unpredictability of Iraq from Rory Stewart, bestselling author of Politics on the Edge and host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics.

‘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

Additional information

Weight 327 g
Dimensions 198 × 131 × 28 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

400

Language

English

Edition

New Edition

Dewey

956.70443092 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K