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"Revolt on the Tigris - the Al Sadr Uprising and Governing Iraq"

Here follows sample coverage of Mark Etherington's new book.

Revolt on the Tigris in the Guardian (UK)

"Six months after Saddam Hussein's fall, the Coalition Provisional Authority was awkwardly getting to grips with the need to run Iraq itself, rather than relying on some fictitious fragment of the previous order or the promises of exiled yes-men, and Etherington - along with 17 other "governorate coordinators", or GCs - was the edge of the administrative sword..." (more)

In the Sunday Times (UK)

"Etherington ran his seemingly impossible mission of political and civilian reconstruction from the city of Al-Kut, which, in April 2004, exploded into all-out warfare. The followers of the intemperate young cleric Moqtada al-Sadr besieged and destroyed his thinly protected compound, and Etherington and his team were fortunate to escape with their lives..." (more)