| Description |
xxiii, 291 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1 8 a.m. 14 April 2004 -- Kandahar, Southern Afghanistan 1 -- 2 Brick Veneer 6 -- 3 3 July 2002 -- Turning Twenty-Six in the Newest Nation on Earth 14 -- 4 Hamburger Hill 24 -- 5 A Poolside Room at the Masa Inn 34 -- 6 12 October 2002 -- My Last Night in Kuta 40 -- 7 Three Days of Running on Adrenaline and Water 55 -- 8 Returning to Dili and Romance 71 -- 9 Back on the Border 79 -- 10 March 2003 -- Mr Rodney D. Cocks, Barrister and Solicitor Nearly 90 -- 11 The Cradle of Civilisation 107 -- 12 Weapons of Mass Destruction? 121 -- 13 Life in the Red Zone 135 -- 14 The Writing was on the Wall 154 -- 15 19 August 2003 -- The UN's Darkest Day 172 -- 16 Working Under the New Blue Flag 191 -- 17 The Lights Go Out for the UN in Iraq 206 -- 18 12 October 2003 -- Back to Bali 217 -- 19 A Brief Homecoming 225 -- 20 March 2004 -- The Taliban and Al Qaeda's Back Yard 240 -- 21 Goat Heads, Day Spas and Faecal Snow 259 -- 22 Buzkashi Democracy 275 -- 23 Afghanistan and Beyond 286 -- Glossary 290 |
| Summary |
A United Nations worker, Rodney tells the inside story of today's trouble spots. Punctuated by larrikin behaviour and exuberant moments amidst the horror, this is the story of one man's journey towards a new maturity shaped by the extreme experiences he encountered |
| Analysis |
Bombings, Political |
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Bali bombings 2002 |
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Bali bombings 2005 |
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Iraq |
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United Nations |
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Victims |
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Australians overseas |
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Autobiography |
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Rodney Cocks |
| Notes |
Cover subtitle: A young man's story from the UN front lines |
| Subject |
Cocks, Rodney, 1976-
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Cocks, Rodney D
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United Nations -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
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United Nations -- Officials and employees, Australian -- Biography
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Victims of terrorism -- Australia.
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Bombings -- Iraq -- Baghdad.
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Bali Bombings, Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, 2002.
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Bali Bombings, Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, 2002 -- Biography.
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Bali Bombings, Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, 2002 -- Personal narratives.
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Victims of terrorism -- Australia -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Personal narratives.
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| LC no. |
2006373491 |
| ISBN |
0670042668 : |
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