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sage1994's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
relaxing
tense
medium-paced
5.0
shesagift's review against another edition
5.0
I picked this book up at a library book sale because it was about Iraq, and I love Iraq, so why not? It definitely exceeded my expectations. As a Norwegian, Seierstad provides a new perspective on a war I've read about often from the American and British perspectives. The book is written in a highly readable and engaging style. I read it in about 3 sittings, half of which was in just one day during a power outtage. I could not recommend this book more highly. Seierstad's expression of her experiences as well as the experiences of the other journalists she interacts with and Iraqis she encounters is fascinating and sheds new light on a same old-same old issue. I'm eager to read her other work, because she is a fantastic storyteller and has a very relatable perspective.
vikingwolf's review against another edition
4.0
The story of the fall of Saddam as seen through the eyes of a journalist.She has the difficulty of trying to get a visa in time for the war beginning,then trying to stay in the country through deceit and bribery and being escorted on her interviews by Saddam's henchmen.As war gets closer conditions deteriorate and then the fighting begins.
Another great book by Asne,giving you a ringside seat for the second Gulf War and what it was like to actually be there.I followed the war build up on TV so it was fascinating to see behind the polished news stories on the evening news,how things really were for the journalists and the conditions they lived and worked in.
Another great book by Asne,giving you a ringside seat for the second Gulf War and what it was like to actually be there.I followed the war build up on TV so it was fascinating to see behind the polished news stories on the evening news,how things really were for the journalists and the conditions they lived and worked in.
chorvereads's review against another edition
5.0
Wonderfully written and it's like my entire notion of Baghdad is changed. I also found it interesting and very exciting to read from a reporter's point of view.
letsreadmorebooks's review against another edition
3.0
this is the only account i've read of what it was like to be in baghdad when the war started. as it's an account by a western journalist, it can't really provide much insight on what it was like for iraqis. i do think seierstad does a pretty good job of presenting the severity of saddam's regime pre-war and she tries to share the range of reactions of iraqis to the u.s. invasion. however, the latter is lacking since she left soon after troops arrived in baghdad. i'm sure there are other accounts out there that paint a more complete picture.
attytheresa's review against another edition
5.0
As Seierstad says in the preface: "My reports from Baghdad are my reports. They come directly from my own - not always adequate - experiences." In truth, her writing is very powerful, and does nothing to dissuade me from my personal long-held conclusion that members of my government and their affiliates used, to enrich themselves through oil, 9/11 and the puffery of a dictator's claims to having under his control stashed of weapons of mass destruction.
Seierstad, a Norwegian journalist and war correspondent, arrives in Baghdad in January 2003, while the U.N. arms inspectors were wrapping up, and war rhetoric from America was escalating. She ultimately stayed through the entire war, only leaving several days after the Americans marched into Baghdad.
As promised by the subtitle, this reads like a slightly fleshed out version of her daily journal, with sections that are clearly excerpted from the stories she filed and reports she aired. At the beginning, the tone is that if a rather dispassionate journalist. Yet as bombs fall, and the indiscriminate brutality of war is remorselessly revealed, this dispassion cracks and the stress, fear, and horror seeps through. As does her courage and stubbornness and determination to report. And perhaps a touch of insanity because after all, don't you have to be a touch crazy to report from the frontlines of a war?
After all, this is a war correspondent reporting on a war.
ATY 2019 #22 number in title
Seierstad, a Norwegian journalist and war correspondent, arrives in Baghdad in January 2003, while the U.N. arms inspectors were wrapping up, and war rhetoric from America was escalating. She ultimately stayed through the entire war, only leaving several days after the Americans marched into Baghdad.
As promised by the subtitle, this reads like a slightly fleshed out version of her daily journal, with sections that are clearly excerpted from the stories she filed and reports she aired. At the beginning, the tone is that if a rather dispassionate journalist. Yet as bombs fall, and the indiscriminate brutality of war is remorselessly revealed, this dispassion cracks and the stress, fear, and horror seeps through. As does her courage and stubbornness and determination to report. And perhaps a touch of insanity because after all, don't you have to be a touch crazy to report from the frontlines of a war?
After all, this is a war correspondent reporting on a war.
ATY 2019 #22 number in title
annabarbarabittner's review against another edition
4.0
Norweska dziennikarka spędziła w Bagdadzie kilka miesięcy w 2003 roku, a konkretnie przed i w trakcie inwazji USA na ten kraj. Jej opowieści są krótkie, to migawki ze świata, którego już nie ma. Seierstad świetnie uchwyciła atmosferę, napięcie, jakie panowało w Iraku tuż przed wojną.
Ten dziennik ukazuje jak trudna była praca dziennikarska pod reżimem Saddama Husseina. Zastraszona ludność obawiała się wyrazić swoje zdanie, dziennikarka nie miała wiele swobód, informacje wychwytywała między wierszami, opisywała głównie nastroje. Gdy groźba wojny staje się rzeczywistością, ludność zaczyna się przygotowywać - zbierać wodę, produkty żywnościowe, kopać studnie. Mieszkańcami Bagdadu targają sprzeczne emocje - lęk przed nieznanym, nadzieja na uwolnienie od dyktatury, niepewność jutra. Te wszystkie odczucia aż pulsują w reportażach Norweżki.
Ciąg dalszy: https://przeczytalamksiazke.blogspot.com/2019/09/tagebuch-aus-bagdad-alltag-zwischen.html
Ten dziennik ukazuje jak trudna była praca dziennikarska pod reżimem Saddama Husseina. Zastraszona ludność obawiała się wyrazić swoje zdanie, dziennikarka nie miała wiele swobód, informacje wychwytywała między wierszami, opisywała głównie nastroje. Gdy groźba wojny staje się rzeczywistością, ludność zaczyna się przygotowywać - zbierać wodę, produkty żywnościowe, kopać studnie. Mieszkańcami Bagdadu targają sprzeczne emocje - lęk przed nieznanym, nadzieja na uwolnienie od dyktatury, niepewność jutra. Te wszystkie odczucia aż pulsują w reportażach Norweżki.
Ciąg dalszy: https://przeczytalamksiazke.blogspot.com/2019/09/tagebuch-aus-bagdad-alltag-zwischen.html