Lara Marlowe

Gebundenes Buch

How Good It Is I Have No Fear of Dying

Lieutenant Yulia Mykytenko's Fight for Ukraine

Beschreibung

"Publishing on the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine: The gripping, heartrending story, told in her own words, of a formidable 29-year-old woman serving as a commander on the front lines of the War in Ukraine - and an intimate, hair-raising look at modern warfare ... Lieutenant Yulia Mykytenko, a commander in the Ukrainian army serving on the front line of battle, embodies the country's resistance to the Russian invasion. When her father self-immolated on Maidan Square, Kyiv, in an act of protest, she held a press conference to explain to journalists that he acted "in sound mind." When she heard - via radio-phone on the front line - that her husband had been killed nearby, she had to keep fighting. In 2023, veteran war correspondent Lara Marlowe met Mykytenko while covering the war, and found her to be "one of the most extraordinary people I have interviewed in 42 years of journalism." So, she kept on interviewing her. From their months of conversations, Marlowe stitched together Mykytenko's accounts into a riveting revelation of what modern warfare is really like. Told entirely in Mykytenko's first person voice, it is a story of cluster bombs, ballistic missiles, and drones. Mykytenko, in fact, most recently has commanded a drone unit, and the scenes of launching drone attacks, and of being attacked by drones, are electrifying and harrowing. At the same time there are vestiges of WWII: trench warfare, no-man's lands seeded with mines, even chemical weapons. The result is an urgent story of a besieged nation, a vivid look at the changing face of warfare, and the stirring tale of an inspirational woman fighting for her country's survival"--

Autor

Lara Marlowe is an American born journalist who started her career as an associate producer at 60 Minutes, before switching to print media. She has reported for the Financial Times, Time Magazine, and, most recently The Irish Times, where she has worked for nearly 30 years as a foreign correspondent. She is especially recognized as a Middle East and Eastern European expert.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Melville House Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 148mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9781685891879
• ISBN-10: 168589187X
• Artikelnr.: 70989497

Rezensionen

This is an account of the Ukrainian soul. If you want to know who we are and why we fight, if you want to understand the heart of this conflict, from the experience of a woman who has seen more than you will ever know, please read this book. It touched me deeply. I recognized the events and familiar places, but most of all, I recognized Yulia Mykytenko. I knew her father and have followed her destiny without thinking that the story of her struggle would be turned into a book - such a powerful book about this strong and wilful female soldier. The roots of Ukrainian defiance are clearly visible in this down-to-earth but moving story.