The Morning They Came For Us Dispatches from Syria [Hardcover]

Doing for Syria whatDevastating . . . . ?Like the work of the Belarussian Nobel laureate?Svetlana Alexievich, Ms. di Giovannis book gives voice to ordinary people living through a dark time in history; and like Anthony Shadids powerful 2005 book,Necessary, difficult and elating. [Di Giovannis] reporting from the Syrian revolution and war is clear-eyed and engaged in the best sense  engaged in the human realm rather than the abstractly political. . . . Such reporters as Giovanni, who not only visit but also live (and often die) through wars not their own, are heroic. These are the Marie Colvins, Paul Conroys, Ali Mustafas of journalism, reporters motivated by commitment to the act of witnessing.Di Giovanni's work, informed by her extensive experience as a journalist, shows a keen ability to capture violent conflicts from multiple sides&This book, haunted by the international failure to intervene effectively, gives readers an on-the-ground experience of the devastating seasons that followed the promise of the Arab Spring&[Di Giovanni] makes its reality fully tangible and tragic.With a potent mix of sensitivity and outrage, Di Giovanni relates firsthand accounts of deprivation and suffering from the people caught up in the conflict&[T]heir stories reveal in harrowing detail the horrific nature of the war. The expert perspective of this seasoned war correspondent proves invaluable to understanding Syria today.[Di Giovanni] is a master of war reporting, especially its civilian side. Thanks to her bitter sacrifice, Western readers may begin to appreciate the chaos that Syrian refugees continue to flee. This brilliant, necessary book will hopefully do for Syria what Herr'sDi Giovanni presents a devastating picture of thehorrors of civil war and the disintegration of Syrian society.It is crucial to reveal the human stories behind the news  and inOnce in a decade comes anaccount of war that promises to be aclassic.