Bad days in Basra : my turbulent time as Britain's man in southern Iraq / Hilary Synnott.
Material type: TextPublisher: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2008Distributor: New York : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan Description: xvi, 287 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1845117069
- 9781845117061
- 956.70443092 22
- DS79.764.G7 S96 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-279) and index.
Map of Iraq -- Pt. 1. The Assignment -- 1. 'It's a Bloody Mess' -- 2. How it all Started -- 3. Arrival -- 4. Baghdad: The Green Zone -- 5. Adapting to Ground Reality -- Pt. 2. Facts on the Ground -- 6. Life in the Provinces: Basra, Al Muthanna, Dhi Qar, Maysan -- 7. Bugs and Bodyguards -- 8. A Tower of Babel? The Challenges and Delights of Multinational Operations -- 9. Civvies and Soldiers: A 'Ticket Out'? -- Pt. 3. Efforts and Failures -- 10. Plans are Nothing -- 11. Promoting Security and the Rule of Law -- 12. Repairing the Wreckage: The Realities of Reconstruction -- 13. Big-Picture Politics -- Appendix 1. CPA (South) : Its Role and Purpose -- Appendix 2. The CPA Vision Document (Extract) -- Appendix 3. CPA Organisation Chart.
"Bad Days in Basra is the story of Hilary Synnott's time as Britain's most senior representative in Southern Iraq, trying to keep the region together as the rest of the country descended into murderous violence. By turns wryly comic, revealing and heart breaking, it offers a never before seen glimpse into the high politics of the occupation. Shuttling between the gilded palaces of the Green Zone and the leaky outhouses which constituted Coalition HQ in Basra, Synnott had to negotiate the indifference of Paul Bremer, his boss, to what was going on outside Baghdad, the indecisiveness of his London Masters, and the brutal political realities of a country under occupation."--BOOK JACKET.
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