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"Baghdad Bulletin" by David Enders
The Real Story of the War in Iraq - Reporting from Beyond the Green Zone
A street-level account of the invasion and occupation of Iraq as seen through the eyes of the young independent journalist. It is a story in which, the struggle of everyday life is interspersed with moments of sheer terror, and depicts the unseen complexity of Iraqi society, giving us a powerful glimpse of warfare.A new and startlingly original take on the war in Iraq. The author is a young American who went to Iraq to start the first English-language newspaper there. This is not just a war book or simply another book on Iraq - this is a compelling account of what it is like to live in a world torn apart at the behest of a remote and incomprehensible superpower, and 'a well-informed and detailed tale of Iraq's decline under American rule' - Christian Parenti Like the Baghdad blogger - only different! "Baghdad Bulletin" is a street-level account of the invasion and occupation of Iraq as seen through the eyes of the young independent journalist David Enders. Enders recounts his decision to go to Iraq, where he opened the only English-language newspaper completely written, printed and distributed there during the invasion. Young, courageous and anti-authoritarian, Enders is the first reporter to cover the war as experienced by ordinary Iraqis. Deprived of the press credentials that gave his embedded colleagues access to press conferences and officially-sanitised information, he tells the story of a different war, outside the Green Zone. It is a story in which the struggle of everyday life is interspersed with moments of sheer terror and absurdity: wired American troops train their guns on terrified civilians; travelling clowns wreak havoc in a Baghdad police station. Orphans and intellectuals, activists and insurgents, "Baghdad Bulletin" depicts the unseen complexity of Iraqi society and gives us a powerful glimpse of a new kind of warfare, one that co-exists with - and sometimes tragically veers into - the everyday rhythms of life. |
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| Author(s) : David Enders | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0745324657 | ISBN-13 : 9780745324654 |
| RRP : £15.00 | Best available price : £6.00 / $23.00 |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 13/07/2005
Publisher : Pluto Press
Page Length : 200mm
Page Size : 250mm