Martyrs' Day: Chronicle of a Small War by Michael Kelly
An account of Michael Kelly's year in the Gulf. It is both an adventure story and a report of a world in crisis. It captures the moral ambiguity and human tragedy of modern war. Kelly was an eyewitness to the aerial bombardment of Baghdad, the scud attacks on Israel, the foray across the desert into Kuwait and the war's aftermath in Kurdestan. In this book, Kelly focuses on people and places as well as the war itself.