Occupational Hazards by Rory Stewart
From the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Politics on the Edge.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 *
Rory Stewart served in the UK Cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development, and before that as Prisons Minister, Minister for Africa, Minister for Development, Environment Minister and Chair of the Defence Committee. He ran against Boris Johnson for the leadership of the Conservative Party in 2019. Earlier in his career he was briefly in the British Army, before serving as a diplomat in Indonesia, the Balkans and Iraq, establishing and running a charity in Afghanistan, and holding a chair at Harvard University. His books include Occupational Hazards, The Marches and Politics on the Edge.
Stewart is now the president of the non-profit organization GiveDirectly, a visiting fellow at Yale’s Jackson School and the co-host, with Alastair Campbell, of the UK’s leading podcast The Rest is Politics.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781035052172 |
| ISBN 10 | 1035052172 |
| Title | Occupational Hazards |
| Author | Rory Stewart |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2024-05-09 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for John Llewellyn Rhys Prize 2007 (UK), Long-listed for BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize 2007 (UK) |
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