Author: KELLY, MICHAEL
Title: Martyrs' Day - Chronicle of a Small War
Description: London, Macmillan. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 0333604962). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine uninscribed copy with Fine complete dustjacket. In 1991-2 the author travelled through every country touched by the Gulf War and was an eyewitness to the aerial bombardment of Baghdad, the Scud attacks on Israel, the foray across the desert into Kuwait and the war's aftermath in Kurdestan. His dispatches home were unrivalled in their originality, insightfulness and brilliant observation and were awarded the National Magazine and the Overseas Press Club awards. The book focuses on the people and places as well as the war itself and his narrative captures the moral ambiguity and human tragedy of modern war. NOT EX LIB L. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: Gulf War, Baghdad, Kurdestan 0333604962


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