{"product_id":"naked-in-baghdad-paperback","title":"Naked in Baghdad - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnne Garrels\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVint Lawrence\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Public Radio's correspondent provides a brilliant, intimate, on-the-ground account of history in the making with \u003ci\u003eNaked in Baghdad.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As NPR's senior foreign correspondent, Anne Garrels has covered conflicts in Chechnya, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. She is renowned for direct, down-to-earth, insightful reportage, and for her independent take on what she sees. One of only sixteen un-embedded American journalists who stayed in Baghdad's now-legendary Palestine Hotel throughout the American invasion of Iraq, she was at the very center of the storm. \u003ci\u003eNaked in Baghdad\u003c\/i\u003e gives us the sights, sounds, and smells of our latest war with unparalleled vividness and immediacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Garrels's narrative starts with several trips she made to Baghdad before the war, beginning in October 2002. At its heart is her evolving relationship with her Iraqi driver\/minder, Amer, who becomes her friend and confidant, often serving as her eyes and ears among the populace and taking her where no other reporter was able to penetrate. Amer's own strong reactions and personal dilemma provide a trenchant counterpoint to daily events. The story is also punctuated by e-mail bulletins sent by Garrels's husband, Vint Lawrence, to their friends around the world, giving a private view of the rough-and-tumble, often dangerous life of a foreign correspondent, along with some much-needed comic relief. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The result is enthralling, deeply personal, utterly authentic--an on-the-ground picture of the war in Iraq that no one else could have written. As \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e critic Lloyd Sachs wrote about Garrels's work in Baghdad, a few choice words, honestly delivered, are worth more than a thousand pictures . . . In your mind's eye, they carry lasting truth.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Garrels\u003c\/b\u003e has been a foreign correspondent for NPR since 1988. She is the recipient of numerous major awards including the International Women's Media Foundation's Courage in Journalism in 2003.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.25 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762447253792,"sku":"9780312424190","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4f0b25700540149b90decf9ecccbd7f1_dacbfad2-f54e-47a1-a697-9acd91a504eb.webp?v=1780221467","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/naked-in-baghdad-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}