Results for: books tagged ‘Iraq’
Press Conference: Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter can sketch a world in a few lines which reveal the power of his vision focussed on the horrors that have been and that are to come. More
Stuff Happens: David Hare
'A totally compelling play that ruthlessly exposes the dubious premises on which the Iraq war was fought . . . One comes out enriched, informed and moved by Hare's ability ... More
The Assassins' Gate: George Packer
The Assassin's Gate is the main entrance to the Green Zone, the fortified enclave of Saddam's former palaces that now houses the US military and political leadership in Baghdad. George ... More
Black Watch: Gregory Burke
The award-winning play about life in a warzone returns for a new run at the Barbican. More
Al Qaeda and What It Means to be Modern: John Gray
'The suicide warriors who attacked Washington and New York on September 11th, 2001, did more than kill thousands of civilians and demolish the World Trade Center. They destroyed the West’s ... More
Desert of Death: Leo Docherty
A controversial and devastating first-hand account of the current war in Afghanistan, now with a new epilogue which brings the story right up to date.Desert of Death is the local ... More
The Vertical Hour: David Hare
Nadia Blye is a young American war reporter turned academic who teaches Political Studies at Yale. A brief holiday with her boyfriend brings her into contact with a kind of ... More
Muqtada al-Sadr and the Fall of Iraq: Patrick Cockburn
Stovepipe: Adam Brace
I went cos it’s better goin for money than for a bunch of ungrateful swine who think, once you’re in a body bag, you asked for it by joining up.When ... More
Return to the Marshes: Gavin Young
It was the legendary traveller Wilfred Thesiger who first introduced Gavin Young to the Marshes of Iraq. Since then Young has been entranced by both the beauty of the Marshes ... More