How to Avoid Being Killed in a War Zone - Softcover

Garthwaite, Rosie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1608195856 ISBN 13: 9781608195855

Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2011

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Review:

"Essential knowledge on first aid, emergency medicine, getting fresh water and food, drugs, and surviving an attack. Anyone traveling in one of the listed hot spots will find crucial information for avoiding harm in this excellent guide." --Publishers Weekly

"[A] gonzo survival guide" --Christian Science Monitor

"In a chatty first-person voice, [Garthwaite] weaves her own experience with anecdotes from fellow journalists, aid workers, former hostages and other war-zone veterans. The contributors do not always agree -- some advise dressing like the locals to blend in; others warn that this could offend -- but in wartime it's probably a good idea not to stick too rigidly to any one approach. The information on medical care, wilderness survival and food would be useful anywhere." --Washington Post

"Although the target audience is limited to journalists, general readers have long held a fascination for the life of the epaulet-wearing foreign correspondent, and this volume feeds that fascination nicely. Vital, even life-or-death, reading for aspiring reporters and voyeuristically satisfying for everyone else." --BooklistOnline.com

About the Author:

Rosie Garthwaite began her journalistic career as a freelance reporter in Basra, Iraq just after graduating college, and learned first-hand about survival in dangerous regions. She wrote this book to provide the practical information people were always asking her for -- drawing on her own experience and that of more veteran colleagues. Garthwaite works as a TV reporter in the Middle East and is based in Doha, Qatar. This is her first book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1608195856
• ISBN 13: 9781608195855
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304