- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: powerHouse Books; 1 edition (July 1 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1576872009
- ISBN-13: 978-1576872000
- Product Dimensions: 32.6 x 23.4 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.5 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,276,967 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
The Shock and Awe campaign may be over, but images from the war in Iraq still burn in many people's minds. The red-and-yellow-tinged smoke rising from the nightline of the burning capital, the toppling of the giant statue of Saddam Hussein, the triumph of coalition soldiers lounging in the dictator's palace-Saba's collection of war photographs contains pictures of all these events. Dozens of photographers from various news services (AP, Corbis, Reuters, etc.) contributed works to the volume, which focuses on the invasion and liberation of Baghdad. Most of the photos were taken with digital cameras, and sometimes this shows-in loss of detail, in pixilated edges-but they are powerful nonetheless. Giles Penfold captures a long line of sunburned backs as British troops bathe under an improvised shower. The black machine guns of the guerilla group Fedayeen Saddam contrast with the white death shrouds of its members. Francesco Zizola provides one of the most affecting pictures: a wounded Iraqi girl, her eyebrows furrowed in a confused expression of sorrow and pain, stares helplessly into the camera as two nurses attend to her wounds. (It's a shame that the book's design interferes a little with one's appreciation of these images; though the book is large-format, most of the photographs are laid out over two pages, so the middle crease cuts through the center of the composition.) The book's few pages of text-which alternate between diary-like entries by photojournalist Seamus Conlan and news-filled web postings by U.S. serviceman LT Smash-give another perspective on the battle, making this a valuable and timely contribution to coverage of the war.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
“What will follow will not be a repeat of any other conflict, it will be of a force and scope and scale that has been beyond what has been seen before.”
—Donald Rumsfeld
Witness Iraq: A War Journal February-April 2003 documents the lightening-swift, U.S.-led military campaign Iraqi Freedom from the perspective of some of the world’s most renowned and respected photojournalists who possessed extraordinary first-hand access to this unprecedented display of military precision, planning, and containment. Captured in Witness Iraq are the trials and tribulations of the coalition forces and the Iraqi people as the universally recognized terror of Saddam Hussein’s regime is brought to an end by U.S.-led coalition forces.
Showcasing dramatic and compelling scenes of the three-week war, the book begins with the missile launch on Iraqi leadership targets and continues through the massive roll-out of tanks and troops in the desert, and from the fight of the Kurds in the North to the anticlimactic—but no less dramatic—fall of Baghdad. Witness the desperation of Iraqi soldiers as they attempt to surrender. Witness in unprecedented detail the jubilation in Baghdad when the famed huge statue of Saddam Hussein is toppled. Feel the empathy of a U.S. soldier as he cradles a gravely 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 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 realities of war but also the triumph of the human spirit.
—Donald Rumsfeld
Witness Iraq: A War Journal February-April 2003 documents the lightening-swift, U.S.-led military campaign Iraqi Freedom from the perspective of some of the world’s most renowned and respected photojournalists who possessed extraordinary first-hand access to this unprecedented display of military precision, planning, and containment. Captured in Witness Iraq are the trials and tribulations of the coalition forces and the Iraqi people as the universally recognized terror of Saddam Hussein’s regime is brought to an end by U.S.-led coalition forces.
Showcasing dramatic and compelling scenes of the three-week war, the book begins with the missile launch on Iraqi leadership targets and continues through the massive roll-out of tanks and troops in the desert, and from the fight of the Kurds in the North to the anticlimactic—but no less dramatic—fall of Baghdad. Witness the desperation of Iraqi soldiers as they attempt to surrender. Witness in unprecedented detail the jubilation in Baghdad when the famed huge statue of Saddam Hussein is toppled. Feel the empathy of a U.S. soldier as he cradles a gravely 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 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 realities of war but also the triumph of the human spirit.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
NOT SO ENGAGING,
By A Customer
This review is from: Witness Iraq: A War Journal Frbruary=April 2003 (Hardcover)
there isn't much good to say about this book .. the quality of the images is poor abd the narrative is non existent. There are far better books out there addressing the war in iraq. This one just misses.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not pretty, somewhat delusional...,
By A Customer
This review is from: Witness Iraq: A War Journal Frbruary=April 2003 (Hardcover)
This coffeetable book contains graphic images of the Iraq war.Its visually engaging, I will give it credit for that. Its also a clear warning to any country that would like to threaten the USA. Where it goes wrong is that it paints an overly rosy picture of the aftermath of the war. This is war the way Bush the Junior and Rumsfeld would like you to see it. The book shows grateful Iraqis hugging and kissing US soldiers. I think we know by now that not everybody in Iraq is that happy to see us there and we face a potential Vietnam-like quagmire unless we can assemble a coalition of nations to secure and pacify Iraq. The book graphically shows the results of Saddam's megalomania and his total disregard for his own people. Too bad we only have to look to North Korea to find another despot all too eager to throw his own people "under the bus".
1.0 out of 5 stars
Plagarisim,
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This review is from: Witness Iraq: A War Journal Frbruary=April 2003 (Hardcover)
While many of the photographs in this book are excellent, I need to point out the the acompanying text with this book has been mostly plagarized from various on-line web diaries. It's likely that the photographers who contributed to this book would probably scream bloody murder if someone lifted thier work from the internet and published it for profit under someone elses name. It's a shame that they can't show the same respect to a text author who's work happens to appear on-line. Just because something is written on a web page instead of in a newspaper or magazine does not mean that the work is in the public domain. Shame on the editor & publisher of this book. I hope they get sued for a zillion dollars.
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