In May of 2012 Janine di Giovanni travelled to Syria. It would mark the beginning of a long relationship with the country starting with her coverage of the peaceful uprising and continuing as the situation quickly turned into one of the most brutal internecine conflicts in recent history. Drawn to the stories of the ordinary people caught up in the conflict Syria came to consume her every moment her every emotion.Speaking to those directly involved in the war di Giovanni relays here the personal stories of rebel fighters thrown in jail at the least provocation of children and families forced to watch loved ones taken and killed by regime forces with dubious justifications and the stories of the elite holding pool parties in Damascus hotels trying to deny the human consequences of the nearby shelling. Delivered with passion fearlessness and sensitivity The Morning They Came For Us is an unflinching account of a nation on the brink of disintegration charting an apocalyptic but at times tender story of life in a jihadist war and an unforgettable testament to human resilience in the face of devastating unimaginable horrors. About the AuthorJanine di Giovanni has reported on war for over 20 years. She has written seven books including the critically acclaimed Madness Visible The Place at the End of the World and most recently a biography of the Magnum Photographer Eve Arnold. She is the Middle East Editor of Newsweek a contributing editor for Vanity Fair and a regular contributor to the New York Times Granta and Harper s among many others. A frequent foreign policy analyst on British American and French television she has won many awards including Granada Television s Foreign Correspondent of the Year Award the National Magazine Award two Amnesty International Media Awards and the Spear s Memoir of the Year Award for Ghosts by Daylight. She is a Fred Pakis scholar in International Affairs at the Fletcher School of Law an