{"product_id":"i-lost-my-love-in-baghdad-book-michael-hastings-9781416560982","title":"I Lost My Love in Baghdad","description":"\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\u003e At 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\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI Lost My Love in Baghdad\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e) and who \"leaves behind a remarkable legacy\" (\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49608247705873,"sku":"GOR004688727","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49613253771537,"sku":"GOR004688726","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50582891135249,"sku":"CIN141656098XVG","price":7.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51416993661201,"sku":"CIN141656098XG","price":4.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":51697067426065,"sku":"CIN141656098XA","price":4.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/141656098X.jpg?v=1751423856","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/i-lost-my-love-in-baghdad-book-michael-hastings-9781416560982","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}