{"product_id":"whiskey-tango-foxtrot-a-photographers-chronicle-of-the-iraq-war","title":"Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: A Photographer's Chronicle of the Iraq War","description":"\u003cp\u003eArriving in Iraq on the eve of the U.S. invasion  unaffiliated with any newspaper and hoping to pick up assignments along the way  Ashley Gilbertson was one of the first photojournalists to cover the disintegration of Americas military triumph as looting and score settling convulsed Iraqi cities. Just twenty-five years old at the time  Gilbertson soon landed a contract with the New York Times  and his extraordinary images of life in occupied Iraq and of American troops in action began appearing in the paper regularly. Throughout his work  Gilbertson took great risks to document the risks taken by others  whether dodging sniper fire with American infantry  photographing an Iraqi bomb squad as they diffused IEDs  or following marines into the cauldron of urban combat.  Whiskey Tango Foxtrot gathers the best of Gilbertsons photographs  chronicling Americas early battles in Iraq  the initial occupation of Baghdad  the insurgency that erupted shortly afterward  the dramatic battle to overtake Falluja  and ultimately  the countrys first national elections. No Western photojournalist has done as much sustained work in occupied Iraq as Gilbertson  and this wide-ranging treatment of the war from the viewpoint of a photographer is the first of its kind. Accompanying each section of the book is a personal account of Gilbertsons experiences covering the conflict. Throughout  he conveys the exhilaration and terror of photographing war  as well as the challenges of photojournalism in our age of embedded reporting. But ultimately  and just as importantly  Whiskey Tango Foxtrot tells the story of Gilbertsons own journey from hard-drinking bravado to the grave realism of a scarred survivor. Here he struggles with guilt over the death of a marine escort  tells candidly of his own experience with post-traumatic stress  and grapples with the reality that Iraqdespite the sacrifice in Iraqi and American liveshas descended into a civil war with no end in sight.  A searing account of the American experience in Iraq  Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is sure to become one of the classic war photography books of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985051152437,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226293254","price":22.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226293257.jpg?v=1770844488","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/whiskey-tango-foxtrot-a-photographers-chronicle-of-the-iraq-war","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}