War: USA - Afghanistan - Iraq, by Agency VII

I almost thought I recieved a package of bricks in the mail yesterday but instead it was my anxiously awaited copy of WAR by Agency VII, 416 pages of the current conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan shot by some of the greatest photographers of this century. James Nachtwey, Lauren Greenfield, Ron Haviv, Christopher Anderson, Alexandra Boulat, Gary Knight, Antonin Kratochvil, Christopher Morris and John Stanmeyer with Peter Howe, Peter Maass, Remy Ourdan and David Rieff all contributed to this mega-masterpiece of photojournalistic art. At 13"x11"x2" and over 8lbs filled with over 220 images this book demands several days of inspection. The epic begins on September 11th, 2001 with photographs from the World Trade Center bombing then onto the White House and national reactions. The book continues through the plight of the Afgan and Iraqi people with insights to American military forces training for war and into the conflict itself. The images not only document the war itself ,but, in true form of the great photojournalists of Agency VII, also show the impact this conflict has had on humanity. Build, printing and layout are top notch, with my only criticism of the book being that the captions are way too small and some pages require that the book be turned sideways to read. With book this size that can be a little tricky. Otherwise this book is a must read for any photojournalist.

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