Bad days in Basra : my turbulent time as Britain's man in southern Iraq / Hilary Synnott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Synnott, Hilary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Synnott, Hilary.

Diplomats--Great Britain.

Diplomats.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, British.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Great Britain.

Baṣrah (Iraq).

Genre:

Personal narratives -- British.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

xvi, 287 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Contents:

Part 1 The Assignment

1 'It's a Bloody Mess' 3

2 How it all Started 15

3 Arrival 22

4 Baghdad: The Green Zone 35

5 Adapting to Ground Reality 52

Part 2 Facts on the Ground

6 Life in the Provinces: Basra, Al Muthanna, Dhi Qar, Maysan 75

7 Bugs and Bodyguards 104

8 A Tower of Babel? The Challenges and Delights of Multinational Operations 119

9 Civvies and Soldiers: A 'Ticket Out'? 131

Part 3 Efforts and Failures

10 Plans are Nothing 153

11 Promoting Security and the Rule of Law 180

12 Repairing the Wreckage: The Realities of Reconstruction 204

13 Big-Picture Politics 241

Appendix 1 CPA (South): Its Role and Purpose 263

Appendix 2 The CPA Vision Document (Extract) 270

Appendix 3 CPA Organisation Chart 277.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-279) and index.

ISBN:

9781845117061

1845117069

OCLC:

175284618