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Revolt on the Tigris Mark Etherington

Revolt on the Tigris By Mark Etherington

Revolt on the Tigris by Mark Etherington


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A former paratrooper in the British Army with extensive experience of conflict and post-conflict management in the countries of former Yugoslavia, Mark Etherington had just completed a degree in international relations at Cambridge University in 2003 when the British Foreign Office asked him to assume the administration of Wasit Province in Iraq.

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Revolt on the Tigris: The Sadr Uprising and Governing Iraq by Mark Etherington

A former paratrooper in the British Army with extensive experience of conflict and post-conflict management in the countries of former Yugoslavia, Mark Etherington had just completed a degree in international relations at Cambridge University in 2003 when the British Foreign Office asked him to assume the administration of Wasit Province in southern Iraq on behalf of the Coalition Provisional Authority or CPA.He established a small team in the provincial capital of al-Kut on the banks of the Tigris in order to begin the process of reconstruction - both political and physical - of a province with a predominantly Shia population of 900,000 and a long border with Iran.The province was plagued by poverty and beset by social paralysis. A demoralized and sometimes corrupt police force was incapable of imposing the rule of law. Ba'ath party functionaries had been purged, local municipal authority was weak, and basic services were lacking. More challenging still was an escalating armed insurgency by the followers of Moqtada al-Sadr that culminated in a sixteen-hour firefight for control of the CPA's base in Kut. This gritty and compelling firsthand account of post-conflict Iraq describes the turmoil visited on the country by outside intervention and the difficulties faced by the Coalition in fashioning a new political and civil apparatus.

Revolt on the Tigris Reviews

'This is an extraordinary story, brilliantly told A... [Etherington's] courage, intelligence, empathy, intellectual rigour, scepticism and even idealism shine through. His understanding of the region, the reconstruction process and-crucially-the uses and limitations of military power, make him a superb guide through the complexities of occupied Iraq A... His account should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand the Iraq the headlines never cover.' * The Guardian *

About Mark Etherington

MARK ETHERINGTON was brought up in Kuwait and Qatar and educated at York and Cambridge Universities and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He served six years in the British Army's Parachute Regiment, including two tours of Northern Ireland. He was seconded to the European Community's Monitor Mission in former Yugoslavia during the 1992-1995 war and has worked in Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He was appointed CBE in December 2004.

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GOR001886004
9781850657736
1850657734
Revolt on the Tigris: The Sadr Uprising and Governing Iraq by Mark Etherington
Used - Very Good
Hardback
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
20050629
176
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