{"product_id":"occupational-hazards","title":"Rory Stewart: Occupational Hazards [2007] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating insight into the complexity, history and unpredictability of Iraq from Rory Stewart, bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Politics on the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e and host of hit podcast \u003ci\u003eThe Rest Is Politics.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy September 2003, six months after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the anarchy had begun. Rory Stewart, a young Biritish diplomat, was appointed as the Coalition Provisional Authority's deputy governor of a province of 850,000 people in the southern marshland region. There, he and his colleagues confronted gangsters, Iranian-linked politicians, tribal vendettas and a full Islamist insurgency.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOccupational Hazards \u003c\/i\u003eis Rory Stewart's inside account of the attempt to rebuild a nation, the errors made, the misunderstandings and insurmountable difficulties encountered. It reveals an Iraq hidden from most foreign journalists and soldiers. Stewart is an award-winning writer, gifted with extraordinary insight into the comedy, occasional heroism and moral risks of foreign occupation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beautifully written, highly evocative . . . a joy to read' - John Simpson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A marvellous book . . . a devastating narrative' - Simon Jenkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Absolutely absorbing' - Ken Loach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Strikes gut and brain at once' - James Meek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wonderfully observed, wise, evocative' - \u003ci\u003eObserver \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stewart, Rory","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49498721354067,"sku":"9780330440509","price":18.56,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47474524258643,"sku":"XV80330440509","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/stewart-rory-rory-stewart-occupational-hazards-2007-paperback-59184012427603.jpg?v=1727504231","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/occupational-hazards","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}