Passport Stamps: Searching the World for a War to Call Home

Sean D. Carberry

• Publisher: Madville Publishing
• Year: 2023
• ISBN:
  9781956440560
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

A candid, darkly comic, and emotionally naked tale of a former NPR journalist who—driven by grief, loss, and the desire to find his "tribe"—seeks solace in the world's most dangerous places and his pursuit to join the ranks of combat-tested war correspondents. The learning curve of reporting in hostile environments is steep and at times comical, at others nearly fatal. He encounters a lot of dust, ragged infrastructure, weaponry, scary driving, whiskey, lust, and way too much food poisoning. When the assignment ends, he is left to confront the mental and emotional impact of the years of danger, death, and destruction.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Preface
• Contents
• Chapter One—20 Hours in Darfur
• Chapter Two—The Call of the Tribe
• Chapter Three—Seeking Closure in Lebanon
• Chapter Four—Stumbling Around Serbia
• Chapter Five—Getting Embed in Iraq
• Chapter Six—Seeing Afghanistan for Myself
• Chapter Seven—No Peace to Keep in the Congo
• Chapter Eight—Dodging the Man in Pakistan
• Chapter Nine—Things Go Boom in Afghanistan
• Chapter Ten—Lunch in Sana’a
• Chapter Eleven—Late to the Party in Cairo
• Chapter Twelve—Stealth Trip to Libya
• Chapter Thirteen—Bedlam in Bahrain
• Chapter Fourteen—Beamed to the Mothership
• Chapter Fifteen—Taking Over Tripoli
• Chapter Sixteen—Turning out the Lights in Baghdad
• Chapter Seventeen—Staring at Syria
• Chapter Eighteen—Temping in Kabul
• Chapter Nineteen—The Dream Comes True, Briefly
• Chapter Twenty—Aftermath
• Epilogue
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Back Cover