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Digital Diaries in a Warzone
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Media coverage of the war in Iraq has come under intense criticism over the last four years.
There have been questions about the use of embedded journalists, media blackouts, security breaches and the breadth and balance of coverage from all sides.
But the mass media and the Department of Defense haven’t been the only ones writing the news.
So-called military blogs–or milblogs – have become a primary source of information for many.
They refer to the thousands of personal websites created and written by soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan or their loved ones.
Chicago resident and former U.S. Army Major Matthew Currier Burden has just published a collection of entries from many of the most popular sites.
The book is called The Blog of War: Front Line Dispatches from Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He says he structured the book to shed light on the experience of war from beginning to end.
Music Button: Life Force Trio, "Luminous" from the CD Living Room (Plug Research Records)
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