Whiskey Tango Foxtrot - A Photographer's Chronicle of the Iraq War

Klappentext Gathering the best of Gilbertsons photographs, this book chronicles Americas early battles in Iraq, the initial occupation of Baghdad, the insurgency that erupted shortly afterward, the dramatic battle to overtake Falluja, and ultimately, the countrys first national elections. Zusammenfassung Presents the story of the author's journey from hard-drinking bravado to the grave realism of a scarred survivor. This book describes his experience with post-traumatic stress disorder! and grapples with the reality that Iraq - despite the sacrifice in Iraqi and American lives - has descended into a civil war with no end in sight.

Product details

• Authors: Dexter Filkins, Ashley Gilbertson, Gilbertson Ashley
• Assisted by: Filkins Dexter (Introduction)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2007
• EAN: 9780226293257
• ISBN: 978-0-226-29325-7
• No. of pages: 260
• Dimensions: 222 mm x 260 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Middle East / Iraq, PHOTOGRAPHY / Photojournalism, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, c 2000 to c 2010, c 2000 to c 2009, Middle Eastern history, Iraq, War and defence operations, War & defence operations, Photographic reportage, Photojournalism and documentary photography