Staying in Baghdad when the US bombs were falling and almost all networks had withdrawn their staff, Garrels broadcast daily using a satellite phone from her hotel room at the now-famous Al-Rashid hotel. The title of the book comes from a night when Garrels broadcast naked from her hotel room using a satellite phone that was illegal to possess. Naked in Baghdad: The Iraq War and the Aftermath as Seen by NPR's Correspondent Anne Garrels Paperback – September 1, by Anne Garrels (Author)/5(49). · The book is Naked in Baghdad, a memoir of covering the war in Iraq by Anne Garrels, senior foreign correspondent for National Public Radio. It .
Actually I listened to Naked in Baghdad by NPR correspondent Anne Garrels on the long drive from Chicago to New York. The audiobook is read by Garrels and her husband Vint Lawrence. Garrels' strong, familiar voice added a lot to the experience. As NPRUs senior foreign correspondent, Anne Garrels has covered conflicts in Chechnya, Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. In "Naked Baghdad," she explores the sights, sounds, and smells of the recent war in Iraq with unparalleled vividness and immediacy. Great book. I ordered "Naked in Baghdad" after reading Anne Garrels current "Putin Country". I need to pass them both on to others. I did think the emails from her husband "back home" were unnecessary and detracting, especially in the first half of the book. After the first couple, I just skimmed and skipped through them.
Staying in Baghdad when the US bombs were falling and almost all networks had withdrawn their staff, Garrels broadcast daily using a satellite phone from her hotel room at the now-famous Al-Rashid hotel. The title of the book comes from a night when Garrels broadcast naked from her hotel room using a satellite phone that was illegal to possess. Garrels was one of the 16 Western journalists who remained in Baghdad and reported live during the Iraq War. Shortly after her return from Iraq, she published Naked in Baghdad, a memoir of her time covering the events surrounding the invasion. She subsequently returned to Iraq several times for NPR. 'Naked in Baghdad' NPR's Senior Foreign Correspondent Anne Garrels was one of the few journalists still in Baghdad during the invasion of Iraq. Often she reported from her room at the Palestine.
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