Jon Lee Anderson: The Fall of Baghdad, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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The Classic of Modern War, now with a new introduction from the author

'Reminiscent of the best of war literature' Washington Post
'This is a necessary book, the best I've read about Iraq' New York Times Book Review
'Revelatory . . . Anderson shows how a well-wrought word-picture is worth a thousand hours of CNN' Village Voice
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In the months leading up to the American invasion of Iraq, Jon Lee Anderson embedded himself among the people of Baghdad while they waited for the hammer to fall, one of the only foreign journalists who were on the wrong side of the line. He was able to bear witness to what the people in this city had to endure before, during and after the collapse of Saddam Hussain's repressive regime.

In so doing he creates a unique picture of the consequences of war and brings to very human light the intense, claustrophobic feeling of being trapped in a city about to be devastated by the might of the world's most modern and well-equipped army.