{"product_id":"i-lost-my-love-in-baghdad-9781416560982","title":"I Lost My Love in Baghdad","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michael Hastings\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBack 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Lost My Love in Baghdad \u003c\/i\u003eis 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":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47891505741975,"sku":"9781416560982","price":1587.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781416560982.webp?v=1781183938","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/i-lost-my-love-in-baghdad-9781416560982","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}