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Occupational Hazards Rory Stewart

Occupational Hazards von Rory Stewart

Occupational Hazards Rory Stewart


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Zusammenfassung

'The best book by far to come out of the Iraq mess' Sunday Herald

Occupational Hazards Zusammenfassung

Occupational Hazards Rory Stewart

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

Occupational Hazards Bewertungen

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 *
The best book by far to come out of the Iraq mess. * Sunday Herald *

Über Rory Stewart

Rory Stewart was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Malaysia and Scotland. After a brief period in the British Army and the Foreign Office he walked 6,000 miles across from Iraq to Nepal. His account of walking across Afghanistan, The Places In Between, was published by Picador in 2004, won the RSL Oondatje Award, the Spirit Of Scotland Award, and was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize and Scottish Book Of The Year. In America it was a New York Times Bestseller. He was awarded an OBE in 2004.

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GOR001352621
9780330440509
0330440500
Occupational Hazards Rory Stewart
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
Broschiert
Pan Macmillan
2007-05-04
464
Short-listed for John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2007 (UK) Long-listed for BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize 2007 (UK)
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