I Lost My Love in Baghdad

"I LOST MY LOVE IN BAGHDAD" IS AN EXTRAORDINARILY GRIPPING AND INFORMATIVE ACCOUNT OF THE CHAOS INSIDE THE GREEN ZONE BY "NEWSWEE&Kgrave;S" YOUNGEST WAR CORRESPONDENT, WHOSE FIANCE WAS KILLED DURING AN ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING. AT AGE TWENTY-FIVE, MICHAEL HASTINGS ARRIVED IN BAGHDAD TO COVER THE WAR IN IRAQ FOR "NEWSWEEK," HE HAD AT HIS DISPOSAL A LITTLE HEMINGWAY ROMANTICISM AND ALL THE APPARATUS OF A TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY REPORTER -- CELL PHONES, HIGH-SPEED INTERNET ACCESS, DIGITAL VIDEO CAMER...