- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Eye Books Direct; UNKNOWN edition (1 Jun 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1903070333
- ISBN-13: 978-1903070338
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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- #14 in Books > Travel & Holiday > Countries & Regions > Middle East > Iraq
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The Economist
"He vividly describes how it feels to be thrown in at the deep end."
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"Amusing and very brave."
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
This is an unlikely hybrid of boy's own adventure story, business chronicle, and distressing insight into the deterioration of post-war Iraq. I couldn't help enjoying that unusual mixture and the hard-nosed eccentricity of Bond-Gunning. He reads like a throwback to the days when there were countless Brits trying to pull off peculiar enterprises in the most inaccessible or inhospitable corners of the globe. (Nowadays that eccentricity tends to get channeled into tedious and irrelevant attempts to do mad things for the sake of appearing mad - climbing mountains with an ironing board on their back and tea towel on their head, for example.) I also like the idea of a new genre of 'extreme business' books to spare us the pomposity of most of the theoretical waffle on business-related subjects. Good and intelligent stuff.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Having been to Iraq during the period the author covers i find this a refreshing read. He gives us an amusing account of the trials and tribulations of setting up business in post war Iraq. This is complemented by a unique insight into the Iraqi people, a race who have so much to offer.
I would advise those that want to understand the nature of post war iraq, from a human perspective, to read Baghdad Business School.
I would advise those that want to understand the nature of post war iraq, from a human perspective, to read Baghdad Business School.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
A gripping and fascinating read about the extraordinary experiences of someone thrown into a difficult and unusual situation, illustrating enterprise and a heap of common sense, and written with none of the pretensions of a journalist or politician. I can thoroughly recommend it to all age groups.
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