PHOTOGRAPHY
BOOKS ON THE IRAQ WAR
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The
War in Iraq: A Photo Histroy
2003, Regan Books
11" x 8.75", 352 pp.
List price: $29.95 |
"Operation
Iraqi Freedom commanded the interest and ignited the passions
of people of every political stripe around the world. The War
in Iraq, which draws on the work of dozens of international photographers
-- many of whom risked their lives to get the shot -- collects
250 of the most compelling images taken during the conflict.
From the
heroes braving desert combat to the demonstrations of support
and protest around the world, from the eerie and blinding sandstorms
of the Iraqi desert to the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein
in Baghdad -- here are the unforgettable images that tell the
story, including many that have never been published before. The
result is a historic collection, a spectacular visual chronicle
of every aspect of the first full-scale war of the twenty-first
century: at once a journalistic record of the realities of battle,
and a vivid and eye-opening portrait of the cultural turmoil --
and, in many quarters, jubilation -- that followed the fall of
Saddam.
Capturing
the dramatic impact of the war at every scale, from the epic to
the intimate, The War in Iraq offers a vivid window onto
Operation Iraqi Freedom in all its tragedy and triumph -- and
a sterling showcase for the talented photographers who braved
the battle in pursuit of truth. |
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Purple
Hearts,
Nina Berman
2004, Trolley
8" x 8", 176 pp.
List price: $29.95 |
A Purple Heart is the token honor
given to soldiers wounded in combat. It makes them heroes. It is
also the title that Nina Berman has given to her photographs of
American soldiers gravely injured in the Iraq war, who have returned
home to face life away from the waving flags and heroic send-offs.
The images are accompanied by first person interviews with the young
soldiers who discuss their lives, reasons for enlisting, experiences
in Iraq and their prospects as disabled veterans, some of them blind,
some without limbs, others brain damaged and wheel-chair bound....
- publisher
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LIFE:
The War in Iraq,
Walter Cronkite
2003, Time
11" x 9", 176 pp.
List price: $24.95 |
"In
well-considered words and vivid pictures, the editors of LIFE
create another definitive document of a critical event in American
history. As they did with the best-selling ONE NATION.
Remarkable pictures from the Gulf, drawn from sources worldwide
including Reuters and all the wire services, The New York Times
and all the newspapers and news magazines (including many from
Europe, providing several shots not yet seen in America), as well
as those taken by today's best independent photographers who have
an intimate association with LIFE, will tell the history--and
be accompanied by a dramatic, authoritative timeline of events." |
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21
Days Baghdad: Photos and Dispatches from the Battlefield,
2003, Time
11" x 8".25", 176 pp.
List price: $24.95 |
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21
Days to Baghdad: A Chronicle of the Iraq War,
2003, Reuters Books
9.6" x 9.5", 128 pp.
List price: $29.95 |
"Reuters,
the international news agency, provides a historic and invaluable
account of how the war against Saddam Hussein unfolded in its
latest book, Twenty-One Days to Baghdad: A Chronicle of the
Iraq War.
Award-winning
photographers paint a unique and unbiased picture of the military
campaign described by General Tommy Franks as "unlike any
in history." Vivid text and precision graphics complete a
compelling narrative of the conflict.
A day-by-day
chronicle assembles more than 100 gripping pictures--from the
decks of American aircraft carriers in the Gulf to the heat of
battle in the Iraqi desert and finally to the streets of Baghdad
and Saddam's collapse. ..." |
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Witness
Iraq: A War Journal, February - April 2003,
Marcel Saba
2003, powerHouse Books
12.84" x 9.22", 208 pp.
List price: $35.00 |
"Witness
Iraq: A War Journal, February April 2003 presents compelling,
provocative images of the war, as seen through the eyes of world-renowned
independent and embedded photojournalists belonging to the most
well-known and respected photo agencies. The books begins with the
assassination attempt of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and continues
through the massive roll out of tanks and troops in the desert,
and on to the fight of the Kurds in the North, and finally culminating
in the fall of Baghdad. Witness the desperation of Iraqi soldiers
as they attempt to surrender. Witness an unpublished and more telling
view of the jubilation in Baghdad when the famed huge statue of
Saddam Hussein is toppled. Feel the empathy of a US soldier as he
cradles an injured Iraqi child. Although this has become history’s
most photographed military conflict, most photographs in this book
have not been seen before. These images take you inside the war
and show the courage, tragedy, humor, and compassion, portraying
the chaos of conflict as well as the respect and empathy for human
life. Through these images, you will witness not only the horrors
of war but also the triumph of the human spirit." |
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Baghdad.
Truth Lies Within,
Bruno Stevens
2004, Ludion
11" x 9.5", 240 pp.
List price: $39.95 |
Foreword by Jon Lee Anderson.
Truth Lies Within tells the story of the people in the
ancient city of Baghdad, before, during, and after the war that
took place in Iraq in the spring of 2003. It tells the story of
the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime and of the chaos which accompanied
the arrival of the Americans. But more than anything else, as
its title suggests, this book is concerned with telling the truth--and
rightly so, becaus few wars of modern times have ever been so
lied about.
An emotional diary of 200 photographs, Truth
Lies Within also includes written contributions from highly
esteemed journalists. Jon Lee Anderson, foreign correspondant
with The New Yorker, who was embedded in Baghdad as the
bombs fell, offers a preface. Observations come from Monica G.
Prieto of El Mundoand John Morris, the photo editor of
The New York Times during the Vietnam War, closes the
book with an afterword.
In the end, the only palpable truth to be found
in Baghdad before, during and after the war was the one so unforgettably
chronicled here by Bruno Stevens. In Truth Lies Within,
we see what he saw: the Iraqi people, as they live and die in
the midst of a violent upheaval which they could do nothing to
prevent. --Jon Lee Anderson Essay by Monica Garcia Prieto.
100 color and 100 duotones |
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Baghdad
Blues: A War Diary,
David Turney
2003, Vendome Press
10.25" x 8", 160 pp.
List price: $25.00 |
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Desert
Diaries: Photojournalists on the War in Iraq,
2003, Channel Photographics
10.25" x 9.5", 192 pp.
List price: $39.95 |
"Features
photos and diaries of 24 photojournalists, including David Turnley,
Benjamin Lowy, Lynsey Addario, Patrick Robert and Christophe Calais,
working independently, on assignment and freelance, and also while
traveling with coalition troops." |
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The
Iraq War: As Witnessed by the Correspondents and Photographers of
United Press International,
Martin Walker
2003, Brasseys, Inc.
10" x 7", 256 pp.
List price: $19.95 |
"Washington
Post publisher Phillip Graham famously remarked that "journalists
write the first rough draft of history." Martin Walker, United
Press International’s chief diplomatic correspondent, has
collected some of the best writing on the events leading up to
the Iraq War, detailed descriptions of combat operations of each
day of the war, and firsthand accounts of the conflict’s
immediate aftermath. Walker presents the war precisely as it was
reported by the world-renowned UPI correspondents. Illustrated
with world-class photojournalism, this volume will preserve forever
the drama of this historic undertaking." |
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