The Iraq War: As Witnessed by the Correspondents and Photographers of United Press International [Paperback]

Martin Walker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 2003

Washington Post publisher Phillip Graham famously remarked that “journalists write the first rough draft of history.” Martin Walker, United Press International’s chief diplomatic correspondent, has collected some of the best writing on the events leading up to the Iraq War, detailed descriptions of combat operations of each day of the war, and firsthand accounts of the conflict’s immediate aftermath. Walker presents the war precisely as it was reported by the world-renowned UPI correspondents. Illustrated with world-class photojournalism, this volume will preserve forever the drama of this historic undertaking.

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About the Author

Martin Walker is the chief international correspondent for United Press International. Previously, he worked for twenty-five years with the London newspaper the Guardian, where he served as bureau chief in Moscow and the United States and as European editor. He is a regular broadcaster on the BBC, National Public Radio, and CNN and has appeared as a panelist on Inside Washington and Capitol Gang Sunday. He has held fellowships at the World Policy Institute at the New School for Social Research in New York and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. His numerous books include Waking Giant: Gorbachev and Perestroika, The Cold War: A History, and America Reborn. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc. (December 31, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157488798X
• ISBN-13: 978-1574887983
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,723,784 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant war journalism, December 11, 2004

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This review is from: The Iraq War: As Witnessed by the Correspondents and Photographers of United Press International (Paperback)

This is a terrific compendium of Iraq war reporting from the staff of UPI. They had guys with the US Marines, with the Brits as the Royal Scots Dragoons and the Irish Guards took Basra (to the skirl of bagpipes), with Special Forces in the North and on the aircraft carriers, at the air bases and in the headquarters in Washington, Kuwait and Qatar. They also had their own (Arab) reporters inside Baghdad under the bombs. Margaret Thatcher writes the introduction and gives the book high praise; she is right (as always). They also stopped and thought and wrote a long epilogue on why this might not have been the right war at the right time with the right results. Great writing and thinking from one of the world's great news agencies.