Bad days in Basra : my turbulent time as Britain's man in southern Iraq /: my turbulent time as Britain's man in southern Iraq. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hilary Synnott.
• Other Names: Synnott, Hilary
• Contents: 'It's a bloody mess' -- How it all started -- Arrival -- Baghdad : the Green Zone -- Adapting to ground reality -- Life in the provinces : Basra, Al Muthanna, Dhi Qar, Maysan -- Bugs and bodyguards -- A Tower of Babel? : the challenges and delights of multinational operations -- Civvies and soldiers : a 'ticket out'? -- Plans are nothing -- Promoting security and the rule of law -- Repairing the wreckage : the realities of reconstruction -- Big-picture politics -- Epilogue -- Appendices.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 287 pages, [8] pages of plates), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 956.70443092 B; Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, British; Diplomats -- Great Britain; HISTORY -- Military; Diplomats; Irakkrieg; Baṣrah (Iraq); Great Britain; Iraq; Iraq -- Baṣrah; Electronic books; Personal narratives -- British
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441605658; 1441605657; 9781845117061; 1845117069; 9780857710697; 0857710699
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-279) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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