Born to a distinguished family steeped in military tradition, raised on stories of wartime and ancestral heroes, anthony loyd longed to experience war from the front lines so he left england at the age of twentysix to document the conflict in bosnia. My war gone by, i miss it so by anthony loyd, paperback. My war gone by, i miss it so is also a growingup book. Publication date 1999 topics loyd, anthony, yugoslav war, 19911995, yugoslav war, 19911995, erlebnisbericht. In the book loyd staggers chapters about war in bosnia, chechnya, and boredom tinged with heroin addiction in london. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive. An extraordinary, personal look at modern war by a young correspondent who saw its horrors firsthand, my war gone by, i miss it so is already being compared to the classics of war literature. Anthony loyd discusses his book my war gone by, i miss it so. Most people would classify it as war journalism, as the book covers the conflicts in bosnia and chechnya during the 90s. Aug 25, 2000 an extraordinary, personal look at modern war by a young correspondent who saw its horrors firsthand, my war gone by, i miss it so is already being compared to the classics of war literature.
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An english journalist and war correspondent recounts his time covering the bosnian war in the 1990s. My war gone by, i miss it so was written in the summer of 1997, two years after the end of the war. Anthony william vivian loyd born 12 september 1966 is an english journalist and noted war. Loyd seemed to be equating the high of hard drugs with the high. It takes a journalist with incredible dedication to endure the risks and horrors of covering war from the battlefield. For businessexclusive pricing, quantity discounts and downloadable vat. The third collection is a hardcover and includes all thirteen issues and was named fury. Unsatisfied by a brief stint in the british army and driven by the despair of drug. Anthony loyds gripping depiction of the depravity of war in bosnia and chechnya places him into the great. Anthony loyd discussed his book my war gone by, i miss it so, published by atlantic monthly press and in paperback by. Aug 17, 1999 my war gone by, i miss it so, is one of the great titles ive come across on the short list with nick flynns another bullshit night in suck city.
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If im not enjoying a book by a hundred pages in, then i give up on it. My war gone by, i miss it so gives you none of that it is war stripped of its meaning and presented as a destructive release of mans worst tendencies. My war gone by, i miss it so is a fiercely compelling and beautifully written personal account of the bosnian war. Some of the more poetic and quotable passages to me from war correspondent anthony loyds books my war gone by, i miss it so and another bloody love letter.
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