Bruno Stevens: Baghdad [Paperback]

Jon Lee Anderson (Author), Monica Garcia Prieto (Author), Bruno Stevens (Photographer), John Morris (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2, 2004

Description: Truth Lies Within tells the story of the people in the ancient city of Baghdad, before, during, and after the war that took place in Iraq in the spring of 2003. It tells the story of the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime and of the chaos which accompanied the arrival of the Americans. But more than anything else, as its title suggests, this book is concerned with telling the truth--and rightly so, because few wars of modern times have ever been so lied about. An emotional diary of 200 photographs, Truth Lies Within also includes written contributions from highly esteemed journalists. Jon Lee Anderson, foreign correspondant with The New Yorker, who was embedded in Baghdad as the bombs fell, offers a preface. Observations come from Monica G. Prieto of El Mundo. And John Morris, the photo editor of The New York Times during the Vietnam War, closes the book with an afterword.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Ludion (May 2, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9055445088
• ISBN-13: 978-9055445080
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 9.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,385,333 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars USA: The New Barbarians, January 29, 2008

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This review is from: Bruno Stevens: Baghdad (Paperback)

The title for this book could've easily been "Shock and Awe: The New Barbarians".

Be warned this is no coffee table book. From a Belgian photographer, it shows dramatic photos of Baghdad before the American annexation, and later, of dozens of civilians wounded or killed by American cluster bombs and American "intelligent" missiles at the time of air raids on Baghdad.

But for the difference in intensity due to weapons technical development, there's substantially no difference between the London bombings by the German Luftwaffe in WWII and the American destruction of large parts of Baghdad on occasion of "Shock And Awe" in 2003 as it is clearly depicted in this book.

After all this, Americans ought to substitute the stars in their national flag with swastikas. After all, the German people elected Hitler to power, and the American people did the same with George W. Bush. Twice. Will he end the same way Hitler did? This is an excellent, first class book. After reading it, you'll have your own answer to the above question.