Martyrs' Day : Chronicle of a Small War

Kelly traveled through the Middle East during & after the Gulf War from Nov. Ô90 to Nov. Ô91, watching the bombs fall on Baghdad, waiting for Scuds in Tel Aviv, & dining with Kurdish chieftains in mountain camps in northern Iran. He drove across the desert, & was mistaken for the advancing Amer. army & surrendered to by Iraqi soldiers. In Kuwait after the liberation he listened to horrific tales of torture & rape, & walked among the remains of the bombed-out retreating Iraqi army. Later Kelly went to Kurdistan & hiked into forbidden Iraqi territory & then traveled with guerrilla bands at war with Hussein. He got out of Iraq by swimming across a river into Turkey in the company of smugglers. His story is superb reporting & the very best travel writing.Kelly, Michael is the author of 'Martyrs' Day : Chronicle of a Small War', published 2003 under ISBN 9780756768522 and ISBN 0756768527.