THE UNRAVELLING: HIGH HOPES AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES IN IRAQ
Book ID/图书代码： 00200014B73678
English Summary/英文概要： When Emma Sky, an intrepid young British woman, volunteered to help rebuild Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, she had little idea what she was letting herself in for. It was only supposed to last three months but instead spanned a decade.
As the representative of the Coalition Provisional Authority in Kirkuk and then the political advisor to US General Odierno, Sky was valued for her outspoken voice and different perspectives that she brought due to her knowledge of the Middle East. Since the invasion in 2003, Sky has been a tireless witness to American efforts to transform a country traumatized by decades of war, sanctions and brutal dictatorship; to insurgencies and civil war; to the planning and implementation of the surge and the subsequent drawdown of US troops; to corrupt political elites who use sectarianism to mobilize support; and to the takeover of a third of the country by the Islamic State.
Called the ’modern-day Gertrude Bell’ by The Times, Sky provides unique insights into the US military, and the complexities, diversity and evolution of Iraqi society. With sharp detail, tremendous empathy and respect for those who served - The Unravelling is an intimate portrait of how and why the Iraq adventure failed despite the best and often heroic efforts of its young men and women on the ground.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当艾玛•斯凯，一名英勇无畏的年轻英国女性自愿前往支持萨达姆•侯赛因政权倒台后的伊拉克重建时，她完全没有意识到自己投身的是一项怎样的事业。而这场本该只有三个月的行程却最终持续了整整十年。
作为联盟驻伊拉克临时管理局在基尔库克地区的代表以及当时美军将军奥迪耶诺的政治顾问，斯凯凭借其坦率的言论和对于中东地区的知识而深受重视。自2003年美国入侵伊拉克以来，斯凯不知疲倦地见证了美国在改造这个被战争创伤了十年、经历了制裁和残暴的独裁统治的国家上所付诸的努力；她见证了起义和内战；见证了规划和实施起义以及随之而来的来自美军部队的镇压；见证了腐败的所谓政治精英利用宗派主义去固化支持；并见证了这个国家的三分之一被伊斯兰国家所接管政权。
《时代》杂志称其为现代版格特鲁德•贝尔，斯凯带领我们从独特的视角一窥美国军队以及伊拉克社会的复杂性、多样性以及演变性。犀利深刻的细节，大量的情感带入以及对服役军人们的敬仰之情---《解体》对于伊拉克之旅如何以及为何会失败进行了细致入微的描述，尽管这片土地上有着最优秀的青年男女为之进行着英雄般地努力与奋斗。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：ORWELL PRIZE SHORTLIS Thttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/21/orwell-prize-shortlist-dominated-by-books-on-middle-east
One of the New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2015
One of Financial Times’ Books of the Year, 2015
A New York Times Editors’ Choice
A New Statesman [UK] Essential Book of the Year 2015
A Times [UK] Book of the Year 2015
Shortlisted for the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for Nonfiction
About the Author/作者介绍： 艾玛•斯凯从小在英格兰长大，7岁起就读于男子寄宿学校直到13岁；她的继父是这所学校里的一名老师，母亲则是一名家庭主妇。她与牛津大学萨默维尔学院获得东方研究本科学位。斯凯曾代表美国与英国政府在伊拉克阿富汗及耶路撒冷担任高级官员，其所涉及领域包括发展、国防、外交以及大量市民及军事机构。斯凯2003年荣获不列颠帝国勋章，2008年鉴于其在伊拉克的贡献成为了一名大英帝国军官。
Emma Sky was raised in England and attended a boys boarding school from age seven to thirteen; her stepfather was a teacher there and her mother was a house mother. She earned her undergraduate degree in oriental studies at Oxford University’s Somerville College. Sky has worked at senior levels on behalf of the US and UK governments, in Iraq, Afghanistan and Jerusalem, across the fields of development, defence, and diplomacy, and with multi civilian and military agencies. Sky was made a Member of the British Empire in 2003 and an Officer of the British Empire in 2008 in recognition of her service in Iraq.
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