I lost my love in Baghdad
Subtitle: a modern war story
By: Michael Hastings
Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781416560975
Subjects: Hastings, Michael, 1980-; Iraq War, 2003- -- Personal narratives, American.; Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Personal narratives, American.; Biography.
Description: At age 25, Michael Hastings arrived in Baghdad to cover the war in Iraq for Newsweek, with a little Hemingway romanticism and all the apparatus of a 21st-century reporter. He describes the chaos, the violence, the threats of bomb and mortar attacks, the front lines 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. Back in New York, Hastings had fallen in love with Andi Parhamovich, a young idealist who worked for Air America. A year later, Andi followed Michael to Iraq. Their war-zone romance is another window into life in Baghdad. Then Andi goes on a dangerous mission for her new employer--a meeting that ends in catastrophe. This is both a raw account of the war and a heartbreaking story of one life lost.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.