Where War Lives (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Paul Watson | knygos.lt

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A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's intimate portrayal of war from the front lines that is at once raw and relatable. From Mogadishu through Rwanda to Afghanistan and Iraq, Where War Lives takes readers inside the molecules of modern war.

Paul Watson was born a rebel with one hand, who grew up thinking it took two to fire an assault rifle, or play jazz piano. So he became a journalist. At first, he loved war. He fed his lust for the bang-bang, by spending vacations with guerilla fighters in Angola, Eritrea, Sudan, and Somalia, and writing about conflicts on the frontlines of the Cold War. Soon he graduated to assignments covering some of the world's most important conflicts, including South Africa, Rwanda, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

In 1993, Watson's life changed with the click of a shutter. One of the last remaining journalists in Somalia, he hears that a Black Hawk helicopter has been shot down over the streets of Mogadishu and that a mob is dragging the body of a United States soldier through the streets. Watson risks his life to infiltrate the mob and snap the photo of the corpse, Staff Sergeant David Cleveland.

The photo wins Watson the Pulitzer Prize, but he can only think of the damage he's done. He considers Cleveland's family—their last image of their son will always be the terrible photo he shot. What's more, he feels that, had he not taken the photo, the violence would have remained on the streets of Mogadishu. His photo ensured it would be broadcast around the world.

As he journeys from the jungles of Rwanda to the ruined streets of Somalia to the craggy mountains of Afghanistan, the photo haunts him. As he seeks redemption and forgiveness from the soldier's family, he is afforded a greater understanding of the havoc war wreaks on individual lives—including his own. In a story that is at once relatable, raw, and deeply humane, Where War Lives takes readers inside the molecules of war. It is truly a tale for our time.