{"product_id":"9781416560982","title":"I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHastings, Michael\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eScribner\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2\/16\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe “wrenching” (Rachel Maddow, \u003ci\u003eThe Rachel Maddow Show\u003c\/i\u003e) first book by acclaimed journalist Michael Hastings (1980-2013), whose unflinching \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e article “Runaway General” ended the military career of General Stanley A. McChrystal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt age twenty-five, Michael Hastings arrived in Baghdad to cover the war in Iraq for \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBack 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Lost My Love in Baghdad \u003c\/i\u003eis 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, \u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e) and who “leaves behind a remarkable legacy” (\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43404837945599,"sku":"9781416560982","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781416560982_s600x595.jpg?v=1780500941","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781416560982","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}