Stewart's book, "The Prince of the Marshes: and other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq", also published as "Occupational Hazards: My Time Governing in Iraq", describes his reflections on the intervention in Iraq, based on his experiences as the Deputy Governorate Co-ordinator. The "New York Times" critic William Grimes commented that for him the "real value of the new book is Mr. Stewart's sobering picture of the difficulties involved in creating a coherent Iraqi state based on the rule of law".