Revolution day : (Record no. 15816)

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control field ASIN0670915084
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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 131212s2004 xxu eng d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0670915084 (hardcover)
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780670915088 (hardcover)
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Original cataloging agency 0
050 04 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number DS79.76
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 956.70443
Author Mark OMA 2004
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Omaar, Rageh.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Revolution day :
Remainder of title the human story of the battle for iraq /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Rageh Omaar.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. [S.l.] :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Viking,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2004.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 272 p. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Throughout the war in Iraq millions of people turned to Rageh Omaar?s BBC reports from Baghdad. Omaar was the BBC?s official correspondent in Iraq for six years prior to the conflict. He had watched the suffocation of Iraqi society after a quarter of a century of dictatorship and then, in March 2003, he witnessed the last desperate hours of peace before the bombs fell. His unique and haunting narrative captures the moment when twenty-five agonising years came to an end and a country was changed for ever: ?Suddenly, Baghdad was a city frantically preparing for war. The central Shorja market had stubbornly remained its usual busy self for months. The main concerns of shoppers had been finding the best prices for cola and cans of tomato puree. In one day the market was transformed into a sea of desperate faces trying to buy up the last remaining oil lamps, masking tape and boards to protect windows from being blown in. I had never seen the market like this before. It was as though the people of Baghdad had awoken from a state of absolute denial. Adnan Mustapha Hamid, a young restaurant manager, was typical of the many that thronged Al Shorja that day. ?I know the British and Americans say they will spare civilian targets? , he said, ?but few of us believe them.? Writing from the heart of Baghdad, Omaar follows the war from its beginning to its aftermath: he describes the atmosphere among the people on the night the first bombs hit; the horror they felt as they watched their city burn; the anarchy and unforgiving heat that overwhelmed the country in the battle?s wake. Beautifully written and almost unbearable in its detail, Revolution Day is a powerful account of a city and its people under siege, and of a conflict at the very centre of our world.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Iraq War (2003-2011)
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Social aspects
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Materials specified Amazon.com
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          Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) Centre for International Peace & Stability (CIPS) General Stacks 10/02/2013   956.70443 OMA 2004 CIPS0001836 12/12/2013 12/12/2013 Book
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