My War Gone By, I Miss It So

The author recounts how, unsatisfied by his brief career in the British Army, he set out for the killing fields in Bosnia. There, in the midst of battle among the Serbs, Croatians, and Bosnian Muslins, Loyd discovered humanity at its best and worst. A profoundly shocking, uncompromising look at the brutality of war and its seductive power.

Nothing can prepare you for Anthony Loyd's portrait of war. It is the story of the unspeakable terror and the visceral, ecstatic thrill of combat, and the lives and dreams laid to waste by the bloodiest conflict that Europe has witnessed since the Second World War.

Born into a distinguished military family, Loyd was raised on the stories of his ancestors' exploits and grew up fascinated with war. Unsatisfied by a brief career in the British Army, he set out for the killing fields in Bosnia. It was there-in the midst of the roar of battle and the life-and-death struggle among the Serbs, Croatians, and Bosnian Muslims-that he would discover humanity at its worst and best. Profoundly shocking, poetic, and ultimately redemptive, this is an uncompromising look at the brutality of war and its terrifyingly seductive power.

Battlefield reportage does not get more up close, gruesome and personal. (The New York Times)

A fascinating look at war from a front-row seat. (Denver Rocky Mountain News) Loyd's fragmentary reports morph into first-rate war correspondence from Bosnia that places him into the great tradition of Hemingway, Caputo, and Michael Herr. -Boston Globe An extraordinary evocation of the war in Bosnia...idiosyncratic, unsparingly graphic, refreshingly critical, and beautifully written. (Kirkus Reviews) (starred review)

What a writer, what a vision. It's hard to read and not be impressed. (San Diego Union Tribune)

About the Author:
Anthony Loyd served as a platoon commander in the British army for operations in Northern Ireland and the Persian Gulf before going to work in Bosnia. He is now a special correspondent for The Times of London, for which he has covered seven other wars, including the conflicts in Chechnya, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, and Kosovo.

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