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Title: 21 Days to Baghdad: Photos and Dispatches from the Battlefield by Editors of Time Magazine, editors at TIME Magazine ISBN: 1-932273-12-3 Publisher: Time Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Definitely one to add to your personal library
Comment: Talking about pictures being worth a thousand words! Every photo in the book I felt drew me in to imagining what it would have been like if I was the person behind the camera. I wouldn't recommend this book to someone who is looking for more of the technical "heavy duty" information on the war, i.e. tactics, troop movement, etc. It's more for the person who likes browsing through a book at their leisure especially picture books. The write-ups by the journalists are very interesting and do a great job of portraying what they and the soldiers experienced in the opening hours of the war and during it. I especially enjoyed the "Verbatim" sections that were scattered throughout the book. I am hoping that TIME might do a similar follow up book on the reconstruction of Iraq as my husband is currently over there with the 1st Armored Division assisting in the peace keeping processes.
Rating: 3
Summary: 21 Days to Baghdad Review
Comment: 21 Days to Baghdad is Time magazine's first large-format book detailing what essentially became Gulf War II, featuring many photographs from various photographers and various short reminisces by photographers and correspondents on or near the fluid front lines.
As a picture book and one of the first books on the 2003 war it serves as a descent introduction but does very little else - many of the photographs, while professionally and expertly shot, provide a wide overview of the war, and very little is of real combat. Which is not to say there isn't any, but mostly you see the results rather than any actual fighting. Again, the book does a good job of detailing all aspects of the war, and does a decent job detailing the Iraqi side - from what was available through government censors apparently.
The photographs themselves are excellent; many are two-page shots that provide every single grain and spec of detail, from the blood in a used coffin to the drops of sweat on a Marine's exhausted face. There is a real sense of urgency crossing a bridge near Baghdad (in a series of very widely published photographs), and a sense of tragic loss for a group of Iraqi parents. This is not a book for the young; the dead and wounded have equal treatment with the living.
21 Days to Baghdad also features some graphics evidently from the magazine, as well as a map or two, though it could have really used more. The editorial content seems fair though is mostly from the US-point of view.
There's definitely some value to this work, but one hopes this is just the beginning of more comprehensive - and better - books and photographic works to come.
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Title: LIFE: The War in Iraq by Editors of Life Magazine, editors of LIFE Magazine, editors of One Nation ISBN: 1932273131 Publisher: Life Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: 21 Days to Baghdad: A Chronicle of the Iraq War by Journalists of Reuters ISBN: 013143165X Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 09 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title:National Geographic - 21 Days to Baghdad ASIN: B00009RXI5 Publisher: Warner Home Video Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $17.38 |
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Title: The March Up : Taking Baghdad with the 1st Marine Division by Ray L. Smith, Bing West ISBN: 055380376X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 09 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title:CNN Presents - War in Iraq - The Road to Baghdad ASIN: B00009MECP Publisher: Wea Corp Pub. Date: 15 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.46 |
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