My War Gone By, I Miss It SoMy War Gone By, I Miss It So
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Book, 2000
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Current format, Book, 2000, , All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsA former soldier who fled depression and drug addiction in England to cover Europe's bloodiest conflict since the Second World War recounts stories of brutality and compassion he recorded while in both Bosnia and Chechnya
The former soldier who fled depression and drug addiction in England to cover Europe's bloodiest conflict since the Second World War recounts extraordinary stories of brutality and compassion he recorded while in both Bosnia and Chechnya. 35,000 first printing.
Anthony Loyd's My War Gone By, I Miss It So is the story of the unspeakable terror and visceral, ecstatic thrill of combat and of the lives and dreams laid waste by the bloodiest conflict that Europe had witnessed since the Second World War.
Born into a distinguished military family, Loyd was raised hearing the stories of his ancestors' exploits and grew up fascinated with war. Unsatisfied by a brief career in the British army and driven by personal demons of drug dependence and suicidal despair, in 1993 he set out for the killing fields of Bosnia. It was there - in the midst of the roar of battle and the life-and-death struggle among the Serbs, Croatians, and Bosnian Muslims - that he would discover a chilling clarity and new purpose in his life. He became a journalist, bringing the chaos of the conflict to the world through his reportage as he rose to become an award-winning international correspondent.
Nothing can prepare you for the portrait of war Loyd gives. His harrowing stories show humanity at its worst and best, as seen through the grim tragedies played out daily in the city streets and mountain villages of Bosnia.
Profoundly shocking, poetic, and ultimately redemptive, My War Gone By, I Miss It So is an uncompromising look at the brutality of war and its terrifying seductive power.
The former soldier who fled depression and drug addiction in England to cover Europe's bloodiest conflict since the Second World War recounts extraordinary stories of brutality and compassion he recorded while in both Bosnia and Chechnya. 35,000 first printing.
Anthony Loyd's My War Gone By, I Miss It So is the story of the unspeakable terror and visceral, ecstatic thrill of combat and of the lives and dreams laid waste by the bloodiest conflict that Europe had witnessed since the Second World War.
Born into a distinguished military family, Loyd was raised hearing the stories of his ancestors' exploits and grew up fascinated with war. Unsatisfied by a brief career in the British army and driven by personal demons of drug dependence and suicidal despair, in 1993 he set out for the killing fields of Bosnia. It was there - in the midst of the roar of battle and the life-and-death struggle among the Serbs, Croatians, and Bosnian Muslims - that he would discover a chilling clarity and new purpose in his life. He became a journalist, bringing the chaos of the conflict to the world through his reportage as he rose to become an award-winning international correspondent.
Nothing can prepare you for the portrait of war Loyd gives. His harrowing stories show humanity at its worst and best, as seen through the grim tragedies played out daily in the city streets and mountain villages of Bosnia.
Profoundly shocking, poetic, and ultimately redemptive, My War Gone By, I Miss It So is an uncompromising look at the brutality of war and its terrifying seductive power.
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