The prince of the marshes :
The prince of the marshes : and other occupational hazards of a year in Iraq /
Rory Stewart.
- 1st ed.
- Orlando : Harcourt, Inc., c2006.
- xviii, 396 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Capitalist-imperialist-crusader -- Waking up dead -- Mordor -- The prince of the marshes -- The British camp -- Regeneration -- Title TK -- Affairs -- Persia -- Ice cream -- Title TK -- Pagoda -- The supervisory committee -- High command -- Death of hero -- Friday prayers -- And would not stay for an answer -- Resolutions -- Blood money -- Resignation -- Summit -- Iraqi pastoral -- Al-Mutanabi street -- Rural rides -- Deputy -- The paths that lead to destruction -- Import substitution industrialization -- Jobs -- Mutiny -- Sheikhs -- Precautions -- The Islamic call -- Sadrines -- Majority and minority -- Our successors -- Departures -- Trust -- A new chief -- Death by the office wall -- Credibility -- Nasiriyah -- Arrivals -- Morning meeting -- A second governor -- Sage of the assembly -- Mudhif -- Ali Zeidi -- Police -- Echoes from the frontiers -- Kidnapped -- Rewarding friends -- Foreign elements -- Return to the Green Zone -- The rule of law -- Besieged -- The quick reaction force -- Kabul -- Reprise -- Final days -- Ali Zeidi -- Last days in Amara -- Handing over -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Dramatis personae -- Timeline.
9780151012350 (hc) 0151012350 (hc)
2006006905
Stewart, Rory--Travel--Iraq.
Coalition Provisional Authority.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, British.
British--Iraq.
Iraq--Description and travel.
Marsh Arabs--Social life and customs--21st century.
DS70.65 / .S74 2006
F/STE B
Capitalist-imperialist-crusader -- Waking up dead -- Mordor -- The prince of the marshes -- The British camp -- Regeneration -- Title TK -- Affairs -- Persia -- Ice cream -- Title TK -- Pagoda -- The supervisory committee -- High command -- Death of hero -- Friday prayers -- And would not stay for an answer -- Resolutions -- Blood money -- Resignation -- Summit -- Iraqi pastoral -- Al-Mutanabi street -- Rural rides -- Deputy -- The paths that lead to destruction -- Import substitution industrialization -- Jobs -- Mutiny -- Sheikhs -- Precautions -- The Islamic call -- Sadrines -- Majority and minority -- Our successors -- Departures -- Trust -- A new chief -- Death by the office wall -- Credibility -- Nasiriyah -- Arrivals -- Morning meeting -- A second governor -- Sage of the assembly -- Mudhif -- Ali Zeidi -- Police -- Echoes from the frontiers -- Kidnapped -- Rewarding friends -- Foreign elements -- Return to the Green Zone -- The rule of law -- Besieged -- The quick reaction force -- Kabul -- Reprise -- Final days -- Ali Zeidi -- Last days in Amara -- Handing over -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Dramatis personae -- Timeline.
9780151012350 (hc) 0151012350 (hc)
2006006905
Stewart, Rory--Travel--Iraq.
Coalition Provisional Authority.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Personal narratives, British.
British--Iraq.
Iraq--Description and travel.
Marsh Arabs--Social life and customs--21st century.
DS70.65 / .S74 2006
F/STE B