My War Gone By, I Miss It So
by Anthony Loyd · first published 1999
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Nothing can prepare you for Anthony Loyd 's portrait of war. It is the story of the unspeakable terror and the visceral, ecstatic thrill of combat, and the lives and dreams laid to waste by the bloodiest conflict that Europe has witnessed since the Second World War. Born into a distinguished military family, Loyd was raised on the stories of his ancestors' exploits and grew up fascinated with war. Unsatisfied by a brief career in the British Army, he set out for the killing fields in Bosnia. It was there--in the midst of the roar of battle and the life-and-death struggle among the Serbs, Croat
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My War Gone By, I Miss It So by Anthony Loyd.
…cool and wait things out. There's clearly not a full blown street fight going on at this location. And what happens at 5:13? But frankly I'll always be on the side of war corespondents after reading "My war gone by, I miss it so" and seeing "War Photographer".
on “Wikileaks has really misled the public” ↗See also My War Gone By, I Miss It So - a book about the author’s time as a war correspondent in Bosnia during the Yugoslavian War. After the war, he became addicted to heroin for lack of the excitement that the war brought. https://septemberpublishing.org/product/my-war-gone-by-i-mis...
on “Soldiers in combat can kill without moral injury” ↗