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How to Avoid Being Killed in a War Zone: The Essential Survival Guide for Dangerous Places by [Rosie Garthwaite]

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Whether you're a war correspondent or an aid worker, a tourist worried about an increasingly hostile world or an armchair traveler concerned that your own backyard is fast becoming a war zone, How to Avoid Being Killed in a War Zone will help you survive some of the world's most volatile environments.

Well-traveled journalist Rosie Garthwaite offers practical advice drawn from her own personal experience and that of others, including many seasoned colleagues, who have worked in some of the world's most hostile regions. Topics covered include everything from avoiding land mines and hostage situations to amputating a limb and foraging for safe food. The book is a true survival manual (all medical advice has been vetted by doctors from Doctors Without Borders), but it is also a transporting read, filled with vicarious thrills and written with brio and humor by a woman who has seen it all. Perfect for those planning short trips or extended stays in dangerous destinations, or-much like the popular Worst-Case Scenario handbooks-for readers who simply prefer to be thoroughly prepared, wherever life may take them.

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Bloomsbury USA
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June 21, 2011
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Using the example of war correspondents counting precious minutes in very hazardous places, this wide-ranging guide includes tourists hoping to encounter memorable moments in a combustible world, covering local conflicts, hostage situations, and even climate extremes. Garthwaite, a television journalist in the Middle East, tallies sage advice, using her long career and the recollections of some of her cronies. Advising on "knowing where to stay," for instance, she tells how in war-torn Baghdad she chose to stay with a protective family in a Christian suburb rather than in a hotel. She discusses circumstances in which it might be better to stand out as a Westerner rather than trying to blend in. She advises on proper preparation, maintaining local contacts and emergency numbers, making sure of regional customs and laws, and dealing with authorities in high-pressure areas. If learning how to handle gunfire and deal with rioting can be far afield for someone taking a Cooks Tour, there's essential knowledge on first aid, emergency medicine, getting fresh water and food, drugs, and surviving an attack. Anyone traveling in one of the listed hot spots will find crucial information for avoiding harm in this excellent guide. (July) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Rosie Garthwaite began her journalistic career as a freelance reporter in Basra, Iraq just after graduating college, and learned first-hand about survival in dangerous regions. She wrote this book to provide the practical information people were always asking her for -- drawing on her own experience and that of more veteran colleagues. Garthwaite works as a TV reporter in the Middle East and is based in Doha, Qatar. This is her first book. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0052LUCYQ
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury USA; 1st edition (June 21, 2011)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 21, 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 7765 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 423 pages

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JR

Great Preparedness Manual

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 22, 2023

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The author, Rosie Garthwaite, is former British Army and war correspondent so she knows what she is talking about. My buddies in the military recommended only reading books by former military since civilians don't have a clue. I read this book cover to cover and learned a lot.

The author does a great job of going through the preparation necessary before entering a war zone. How to Avoid being Killed brilliantly recommends bringing Copenhagen tobacco, alcohol , family pictures, and Mala beads which I would never have thought to bring. Skills such as coping with gun fire, riots, kidnapping, food, IEDs, etc. is covered. The only weak point in the book was gunshot trauma medical care, but focused more on first aid for other types of injuries in the third world or Michigan. The best part of the book was that covering trauma and PTSD from someone who has survived it. I also recommend SEAL Survival by Cade Courtley.

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Ralph Adam Fine

Interesting and Invaluable

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 22, 2012

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On February 21, the Committee to Protect Journalists revealed that some forty reporters and photographers died in 2011 trying to tell us what was happening around the world. The Committee noted: "Seventeen journalists died while on dangerous assignments, many of them while covering the chaotic and violent confrontations between authorities and protesters during the uprisings that swept the Arab world." This month, Anthony Shadad joined them, as did Rami al-Said, Marie Colvin, and Remi Ochlik this week.

Why do some reporters risk their lives in Syria or Yemen or Somalia or Egypt or Sudan rather than cover town-board meetings in countries that are more safe? Some reporters are, of course, native to the areas they cover and believe that the lives of their countrymen and women can be made better if the venality, corruption, and brutality of those in power are exposed. Other reporters, though, come from safe--often idyllic--backgrounds. Why do they also risk their lives?

Rosie Garthwaite's "How to Avoid Being Killed in a War Zone: The Essential Survival Guide for Dangerous Places" gives us a fabulous insight into the character of those who drop into dangerous places. Yes, the book gives some fairly logical checklist items of caution, but those are as essential as are pilots' checklists of pre-takeoff routines; even routinized obvious precautions need to be double-checked when lives are at risk.

More than that, however, Garthwaite lets us look inside her mind (she has gone places and suffered deprivations and life-threatening risks that would make a dozen or more films tingle with terror) and the mind of her friends who have done similar things. "How to Avoid Being Killed in a War Zone" gives us a sense of what makes them tick. It is a well-written and intriguing read.

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PhotoVideoJourno

Great little handbook

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 14, 2011

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I saw Rosie Garthwaite speak at the Frontline Club in 2010 at an event about "going at it alone" as a freelance foreign correspondent. Her and other members of the panel had good advice, but I wasn't swayed to purchase the book at the time. I ended up purchasing the book 6 months later to see if there was any information in it that could be useful to someone who is planning to travel overseas for journalism.

The book has a a great variety of practical knowledge about operating in a hostile environment as well as health and safety tips. I found some of the First-Aid/Medical advice redundant only because I have completed 80-hour wilderness first responder course a few years ago. With that said, the information in the book is great refresher for those with extensive foreign travel experience and basic medical training. Buy it and read it. Although it might be worth taking a dedicated first-aid book along instead of this.

6 people found this helpful

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Aev

Not just for war zones!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 21, 2017

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What a cool, fun book. It's well-designed, the writing is brisk and clean, and it's terrifically useful for people who may find themselves in dangerous situations while traveling or living in a different environment. The title isn't just a marketing ploy!

Moreover, this book is also helpful in your day-to-day life outside of... um... well... war zones. I think a lot of people moving to big cities may want to look into picking it up, and I certainly wish I could have read it before I took trips to places like southeast Asia in my younger days.

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K. Bacovin

Great information on worse case scenario

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 12, 2016

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Great information on worse case scenario. I thought this was more of a surviving in the woods kind of book. Instead it is more of a your day is normal, but oh yea there are bombs going off around you or blockades you may have to get through. Still a great book.

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James K. Rushton

Good book to have anytime, Really has a lot of information in it , and not a bad read ethier.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 7, 2019

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Good book to have with you always, lots of material covered like surving in the woods and first aid.

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Donald Prindle

Very good if you can expand the war zone to thinking ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 2, 2018

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Very good if you can expand the war zone to thinking of it as a disaster area, unless of course your going to a war zone!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 3, 2013

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Don't intend to enter a war zone in the first place, but would have this book with me should I need to enter one.

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Satur9

Strong words, softly spoken

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 13, 2014

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most survival guides owe at least a nod to that quietly but fervently held fantasy of survival against all odds, of extreme situations, the end of the world apocalypse and living on a quiet earth. this is not one of those books. instead it is a well researched, well written guide for living through the most traumatic situations human beings can put each other in. it has sensible advice for getting on with people accross the cultural divide, about looking after your body and, more importantly, your mind. it has a good, well laid out 1st aid section, and salient, well thought out advice for everything from fake checkpoints to dealing with sex and drugs. some people may feel let down by the lack of gung-ho, grub-eating, grit, guts and guns sort of guide you can find elsewhere, but then again, in the real world, your survival is dependant on how well you get on with others as much as how well you look after yourself, and this book will help you do both well.

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Denning James

How to Save a Life

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 12, 2013

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Beyond amazing.
Well researched, simple yet respect language, full of sensible and surprising techniques of things to prepare; for those who may find themselves in potential dangerous situations.
Extreme journalists look no further!

Rose Garthwaie is not only and extraordinary person, but talented and thoughtful writer. Years of hands on experienced cleverly categorized in a reference guide style book. Just a little smaller than the average book, with a handy elastic book mark, firm cover and striking colour; making it ideal for any on the go traveler/journalist.

You can also find it in digital format but, for me at least, a physical copy far more ideal.

Comparable in some ways to a female Bare Grills, just without all 'let's make a shocking TV show' pizzazz.

Really. Great. stuff!

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Amazon Customer

Amazing Read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 10, 2018

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Particularly if you’re a journalist or on the frontline this book is a must have, it ticks all the right boxes. The tips and firsthand experience of the author shows. It was fun and real. Would highly recommend!!

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D. J. King

Useful book for holiday practicality

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 2, 2012

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This is a fascinating pocket sized book by an established war-zone journalist working from Al Jeezerah news station. This is a book that every one going on holiday should read. Full of basic practical hints. Highly recommended.

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