The "wrenching" (Rachel Maddow, The Rachel Maddow Show ) first book by acclaimed journalist Michael Hastings (1980-2013), whose unflinching Rolling Stone article "Runaway General" ended the military career of General Stanley A. McChrystal. At age twenty-five, Michael Hastings arrived in Baghdad to cover the war in Iraq for Newsweek . He had at his disposal a little Hemingway romanticism and all the apparatus of a twenty-first-century reporter--cell phones, high-speed Internet access, digital video cameras, fixers, ...
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The "wrenching" (Rachel Maddow, The Rachel Maddow Show ) first book by acclaimed journalist Michael Hastings (1980-2013), whose unflinching Rolling Stone article "Runaway General" ended the military career of General Stanley A. McChrystal. At age twenty-five, Michael Hastings arrived in Baghdad to cover the war in Iraq for Newsweek . He had at his disposal a little Hemingway romanticism and all the apparatus of a twenty-first-century reporter--cell phones, high-speed Internet access, digital video cameras, fixers, drivers, guards, translators. In startling detail, he describes the chaos, the violence, the never-ending threats of bomb and mortar attacks, the front lines that can be a half-mile from the Green Zone, that can be anywhere. This is a new kind of war: private security companies follow their own rules or lack thereof; soldiers in combat get instant messages from their girlfriends and families; members of the Louisiana National Guard watch Katrina's decimation of their city on a TV in the barracks. Back in New York, Hastings had fallen in love with Andi Parhamovich, a young idealist who worked for Air America. A year into their courtship, Andi followed Michael to Iraq, taking a job with the National Democratic Institute. Their war-zone romance is another window into life in Baghdad. They call each other pet names; they make plans for the future; they fight, usually because each is fearful for the other's safety; and they try to figure out how to get together, when it means putting bodyguards and drivers in jeopardy. Then Andi goes on a dangerous mission for her new employer--a meeting at the Iraqi Islamic Party headquarters that ends in catastrophe. I Lost My Love in Baghdad is a searing, unflinching, and revelatory book by "a great reporter," who will be remembered for being "ambitious, skeptical of power and conventional wisdom, and incredibly brave" (Ben Smith, Buzzfeed ) and who "leaves behind a remarkable legacy" ( Rolling Stone ).
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Be sure to give yourself some time when you sit to read this book...as I imagine you may do as I did and read it all the way through. Each chapter weaves the story and heightens the energy of the love story. There is also a very real present feel about life in Baghdad. It was wonderful. Well written and honest. I've already loaned it out too...
