{"product_id":"how-good-it-is-i-have-no-fear-of-dying-lieutenant-yulia-mykytenkos-fight-for-ukraine-9781685891879","title":"How Good It Is I Have No Fear of Dying: Lieutenant Yulia Mykytenko's Fight for Ukraine","description":"\u003cb\u003ePublishing on the third anniversary of the war in Ukraine: The gripping, heartrending story, told in her own words, of a formidable 29-year-old woman serving as a commander on the front lines of the War in Ukraine -- and an intimate, hair-raising look at modern warfare . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLieutenant Yulia Mykytenko, a commander in the Ukrainian army serving on the front line of battle, embodies her country's resistance to the Russian invasion. When her father self-immolated on Maidan Square in central Kyiv in an act of protest, she held a press conference to explain to journalists that he acted \"in sound mind.\" Later, in battle on the front line, she would learn via radio-phone that her husband had been killed nearby. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2023, veteran war correspondent Lara Marlowe met Mykytenko while covering the war, and found her to be \"one of the most extraordinary people I have interviewed in 42 years of journalism.\" From their months of conversations, Marlowe stitched together Mykytenko's accounts into a riveting revelation of what modern warfare is really like. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold entirely in Mykytenko's first person voice, it is a story of cluster bombs and ballistic missiles. Mykytenko has most recently commanded a drone unit, and the scenes of launching drone attacks, and of being attacked by drones, are electrifying and harrowing. At the same time there are vestiges of WWII: trench warfare, no-man's lands seeded with mines, even chemical weapons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is an urgent story of a besieged nation, a vivid look at the changing face of warfare, and the stirring tale of an inspirational woman fighting for her country's survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLara Marlowe \u003c\/b\u003eis an American born journalist who started her career as an associate producer at 60 Minutes, before switching to print media. She has reported for the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003eand, most recently\u003ci\u003e The Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e, where she has worked for nearly 30 years as a foreign correspondent. She is especially recognized as a Middle East and Eastern European expert.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51186932351250,"sku":"9781685891879","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_130270a1-c96b-4767-99a1-6a9253c9723a.jpg?v=1744634686","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-good-it-is-i-have-no-fear-of-dying-lieutenant-yulia-mykytenkos-fight-for-ukraine-9781685891879","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}