This Norwegian journalist and author of The Bookseller of Kabul (bwl 32) entered Baghdad in January 2003 on a ten-day visa but stayed for over three months. Her journal written before, during and just after the war shows that fears of ethnic disintegration were apparent from day one - it also shows how little the allies did to turn the military overthrow of Iraq, which was a foregone conclusion, into a peaceful and effective transition towards a non-dictator government.
(Cecilia Hulse - bwl 33 February 2006 ) |
