In his memoir of running Wasit province on behalf of the Coalition, Mark Etherington, a former Paratroop commander and Foreign Office diplomat, recounts the cha... » 

In his memoir of running Wasit province on behalf of the Coalition, Mark Etherington, a former Paratroop commander and Foreign Office diplomat, recounts the chaos of post-invasion Iraq and how his base in the city of Kut was stormed by the Sadr militia in September 2004, leading to its perilous evacuation, which he oversaw. «