Ahmad's War, Ahmad's Peace
Subtitle: Surviving Under Saddam, Dying in the New Iraq
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Published: March 27, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780786717743
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Cultural studies; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Military - Persian Gulf War; Iraq - History; Military History - Modern; History; Biography / Autobiography; History: World; Editors, Journalists, Publishers; Military - Persian Gulf War (1991); Personal Memoirs; History / Middle East; Middle East - General; Biography; Iraq; Kurds; Political prisoners; Translators
First sentence: IN A HOUSE that can never be his home, in a city that is not his place of birth, at the hour before daybreak, Ahmad Shawkat lies awake reviewing the disaster of his life.