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| | The Millions (A Blog About Books): The Road To Baghdad: Remembering Michael Kelly |
 | | Twelve years before he left home for the last time, Michael Kelly, who was raised on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (his parents and mine remain close friends and neighbors), wrote the definitive account of the Gulf War, the first Iraq War, also known as Operation Desert Storm. |
 | | Kelly's engaging, funny, conversational writing, his man-on-the-street (of Baghdad, of Amman, Tel Aviv, Cairo, Dhahran, Kuwait City) perspective, assisted by his broad but honest impressions of some of the maddeningly complex political relationships among Middle Eastern states, regions, and peoples (of which there are a few), these qualities add much to Martyr's Day. |
 | | Kelly made that happen for me and I wish he were still around, serving up his always unique take on the world before him. |
| www.themillionsblog.com /2007/04/road-to-baghdad-remembering-michael.html (2383 words) |
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