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Summary: Courageous and innovative journalism
Review: I genuinely enjoyed this book, it is an extremely eye opening. It made me feel very close to the situation in Iraq. The photography was so vivid and interesting to see it through the media's perspective.
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Summary: Wonderful Photography
Review: I genuinely enjoyed this book, it is an extremely eye opening. It made me feel very close to the situation in Iraq. The photography was so vivid and interesting to see it through the media's perspective.
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Summary: Above the fray
Review: NBC has done an exceptional job documenting the imbeds' experience in Iraq. Not only was this war covered more comprehensively than any other, but the reporters' experiences add a depth of human emotion so often lacking in the dry stand up reports from a briefing room. But their story is just one part of a beautifully produced book and DVD. This book is filled with stunning pictures of "shock and awe" as well as the innocents caught in the middle. If you only get one book on the recent war iun Iraq, this is it!
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Summary: Above the fray
Review: NBC has done an exceptional job documenting the imbeds' experience in Iraq. Not only was this war covered more comprehensively than any other, but the reporters' experiences add a depth of human emotion so often lacking in the dry stand up reports from a briefing room. But their story is just one part of a beautifully produced book and DVD. This book is filled with stunning pictures of "shock and awe" as well as the innocents caught in the middle. If you only get one book on the recent war iun Iraq, this is it!
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Summary: The glossy apotheosis
Review: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM is exactly what one might expect: a photographic record of NBC's perspective on the war in Iraq. Opposing views and meaningful analysis are scant in OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. In a war that has now claimed the lives of over 1000 innocent Iraqi civilians (and that is most likely a very cautious estimate), this book presents a very brief and highly polarized selection of pictures of Iraqis - a few pictures of "bad guy" Iraqis as US prisoners, and a few pictures of the apparently "common man" Iraqis who are unharmed, with beautiful smiles, and cheering the US soldiers, even kissing them. In a war where nearly 300 US soldiers have now died, we get only one shot of a dead soldier - with a US flag draped over his coffin at his ornate funeral back home in the United States. It's a stylized, glossy vision completely devoid of depiction of the true horrors of war. The entire book seems like a cross between stills from the latest Hollywood action movie and photos from a high fashion magazine spread. It makes war seem glamourous, exciting, even fun. Disturbingly one-sided and stylized, to say the least. Andrew Parodi
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Summary: The glossy apotheosis
Review: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM is exactly what one might expect: a photographic record of NBC's take on the war in Iraq. This book is obviously intended for those who support the war, serving mainly as a remembrance of what is viewed as a justified and heroic endeavor. Opposing views and meaningful analysis are scant in OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. Yes, the word "propaganda" comes to mind. In a war that has now claimed the lives of over 1000 innocent Iraqi civilians (and that is most likely a very cautious estimate), this book presents a very brief and highly polarized selection of pictures of Iraqis - a few pictures of "bad guy" Iraqis as US prisoners, and a few pictures of the apparently "common man" Iraqis who are unharmed, with beautiful smiles, and cheering the US soldiers, even kissing them. In a war where nearly 300 US soldiers have now died, we get only one shot of a dead soldier - with a US flag draped over his coffin at his ornate funeral back home in the United States. It's a stylized, glossy vision completely devoid of depiction of the true horrors of war. The entire book seems like a cross between stills from the latest Hollywood action movie and photos from a high fashion magazine spread. It makes war seem glamourous, exciting, even fun. Disturbingly one-sided and stylized, to say the least. Andrew Parodi
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Summary: eloquent and objective visual summary
Review: Operation Iraqi Freedom was a war like none other, and this book captures that feeling. Many people worldwide were against the war and will probably pass by this book as a result. That's unfortunate because but no matter what your personal politics are, this book is is a stunning chronology of the good and the bad of Operation Iraqi Freedom. For one thing, the photographs are absolutely stunning. They show both sides of this war and the innocent Iraqi people caught in between a murderous dictator and the world's only Superpower. The book also has a very personal touch. I really enjoyed the photos of NBC anchorman David Bloom. Several detailed graphical maps in the book detail the journeys of the NBC reporters in Iraq and talk about what they encountered everyday from sandstorms to terrorist attacks. If you are the type of person who sees things on TV and feels like it's just a movie, then hopefully the personal tales of these reporters will shake you loose. There's a few books on the market now that try to capture this conflict in paper form, but they just don't come close. Too many of these books let their politics get in the way (imagine right wing Fox News making a book about war) or they were rushed to market to cash-in on the war. Not this book. It's a very eloquent and objective visual summary of the events of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The book also comes with a DVD which is pretty cool. Lots of nice animated graphics and emotional reports from the front line. I highly recommend this book no matter what your feelings about the war were. This book is beautifully produced. The quality of the stories, photographs and objective reporting of events is outstanding.
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Summary: Courageous and innovative journalism
Review: This book has lots of behind-the-scene accounts from reporters who were actually there, as well as from the producers in the control room. There's also a forward by NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw and an introduction by retired Army general and current NBC military analyst Montgomery Meigs. The book comes with a full-length DVD produced by NBC News and presents highlights of their war coverage along with extra features such as postwar interviews and commentary. This hardcover book has lots of color pictures on its 144 pages and also comes with a DVD.
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