{"product_id":"9781416561163","title":"I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story","description":"The “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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Back 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. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Searing, unflinching, and revelatory, \u003ci\u003eI Lost My Love in Baghdad\u003c\/i\u003e is both a raw, brave, brilliantly observed account of the war and a heartbreaking story of one life lost to it.","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121839948016,"sku":"9781416561163","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781416561163_p0.jpg?v=1763726419","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781416561163","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}