How to Avoid Being Killed in a War Zone: The Essential Survival Guide for Dangerous Places
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (641 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1608195856 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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This is her first book.. She wrote this book to answer some of the questions her colleagues seemed to face daily in the field. Perfect for those planning short trips or extended stays in dangerous destinations, or-much like the popular Worst-Case Scenario handbooks-for readers who simply prefer to be thoroughly prepared, wherever life may take them.Rosie Garthwaite began her journalistic career as a freelance reporter in Basra, Iraq, just after graduating from college,and learned about survival in dangerous regions firsthand. The book is a true survival manual (all medical advic
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. This is her first book.. Garthwaite works as a TV reporter in the Middle East and is based in Doha, Qatar. 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
Anyone traveling in one of the listed hot spots will find crucial information for avoiding harm in this excellent guide. (July) . Garthwaite, a television journalist in the Middle East, tallies sage advice, using her long career and the recollections of some of her cronies. Advising on "knowing where to stay," for instance, she tells how in war-torn Baghdad she chose to stay with a protective family in a Christian suburb rather than in a hotel. She discusses circumstances in which it might be better to stand out as a Wester
"Interesting and Invaluable" according to Ralph Adam Fine. On February 21, the Committee to Protect Journalists revealed that some forty reporters and photographers died in 2011 trying to tell us what was happening around the world. The Committee noted: "Seventeen journalists died while on dangerous assignments, many of them while covering the chaotic and violent confrontations between authorities and protesters during. "Great little handbook" according to PhotoVideoJourno. I saw Rosie Garthwaite speak at the Frontline Club in 2010 at an event about "going at it alone" as a freelance foreign correspondent. Her and other members of the panel had good advice, but I wasn't swayed to purchase the book at the time. I ended up purchasing the book 6 months later to see if there was any information in it that could be useful to someone wh. Great information on worse case scenario Great information on worse case scenario. I thought this was more of a surviving in the woods kind of book. Instead it is more of a your day is normal, but oh yea there are bombs going off around you or blockades you may have to get through. Still a great book.