Bad Days in Basra ：My Turbulent Time as Britain's Man in Southern Iraq

Publication subTitle ：My Turbulent Time as Britain's Man in Southern Iraq

Author： Synnott Hilary

Publisher： I.B.Tauris‎

Publication year： 2008

E-ISBN: 9780857710697

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781845117061

Subject： K History and Geography;K15 contemporary history (1917 ~)

Keyword：历史、地理,现代史（1917年~）,外交、国际关系

Language： ENG

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Chapter

Part One: The Assignment

1. 'It's a Bloddy Mess'

2. How it all Started

3. Arrival

4. Baghdad: The Green Zone

5. Adapting to Ground Reality

Part Two: 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'?

Part Three: 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

Epilogue

Appendix One

Appendix Two

Appendix Three

Selected Bibliography

Index

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