MUTUAL APPRECIATION SOCIETY: NBC's Baghdad correspondent Richard Engel, author of War Journal: My Five Years in Iraq, writes about Breathing the Fire in Time magazine. (Dozier mentioned his book in her Washington Post blog.)
BLOG: Kimberly Dozier's Blog on The Washington Post website on 8 July 2008.
VIDEO: Breathing the Fire on MSNBC's Morning Joe.
PRESS: International Herald Tribune on Dozier's Peabody Award.
AUDIO: Bill Thompson's Eye on Books interview with Kimberly.
ONLINE: Lesley Stahl chats with Dozier about her book on WowOWow.com.
REVIEW: "With self-deprecating wit, Dozier recounts her determination to recover, never straying into self-pity. Her wounds gave her an insider's perspective on one of the top military stories on the homefront: inattention to veterans' medical and psychological care. As a television celebrity, however, she faced the opposite problem: a crush of attention from other reporters. "I was a single representative showing [the public] in a horribly fresh way something they'd long been numb to."" --The Washington Post (read the entire review here. Read Kimberly Dozier's Letter to the Editor here.)
ONLINE: Reviews on top bookseller sites. Please feel free to add your own. Amazon. Barnes and Noble. Borders.
VIDEO: Kimberly on CNN's International Correspondents.
ARTICLE: David Bauder writes about Kimberly in the Washington Post.
ONLINE: On Memorial Day, Thom Rutledge of Healing Those Who Serve recommends Breathing the Fire.
ONLINE: On Memorial Day Kim reports about War Widows on CBS News .
AUDIO: Kim appears on The Osgood File with Charles Osgood. Read the transcript. Listen to the mp3.
Transcript: Kim appears with Howard Kurtz on CNN's Reliable Sources.
ONLINE: Kim writes about her experience in Newsweek.
VIDEO: John Roberts and Kimberly Dozier Interview on CNN
The Baltimore Sun profiles Kim Dozier.
The Book Party: Coverage from Media Bistro's TVnewser.com.
The O'Reilly Factor said, "I highly recommend your book."
The Today Show website features an excerpt from Breathing the Fire.
VIDEO: See the Sunday Morning comment on Trauma/Recovery and PTSD.
A CBS Evening News story about Breathing the Fire after a piece on BAMC on May 10th.
“Breathing the Fire is a harrowing tale of courage, survival, determination, fellowship and the high price of covering a war. Kim Dozier is a master storyteller and one tough journalist. Her family is lucky to have her back - and America is lucky to have her on the front lines of reporting.”
“Kimberly Dozier has mastered the great art of storytelling in her brilliant book about how she survived an I.E.D. attack in Iraq. She writes of her ordeal without self-pity, dissecting and reliving the trials of Job: broken bones, burns, infections, unbearable pain and occasional medical advice that made things worse. What she did to survive is remarkable; her account of it is raw and riveting. You can't put it down.”
“Dozier's book is a searing, honest look at how one horrible bomb can change so many lives forever. It was hard for me to get through the chapters without having to set it down. Her words put me right back on our own family's journey to heal after Bob's IED injury in Iraq. This is a must-read for not only those who have had a loved one in the war, but for any family who has had to fight through the arduous journey to recover themselves after a life changing event.”
“Kimberly Dozier's story, from her injury in Iraq on Memorial Day 2006 to her long recovery, is an important reminder of the tremendous sacrifices that our men and women overseas have made and are still making. By writing about her experiences on the battlefield and in recovery alongside our wounded warriors, she provides an inspiring voice for those both in and out of uniform who face the same challenges of injury, recovery, and loss. It is a compelling read.”
“Because she's a colleague of mine at CBS News, I thought I knew Kimberly Dozier's story pretty well. I didn't have a clue. The brutal honesty and unflinching detail with which she writes about the ‘rings of horror spreading out from the bomb’ that almost killed her is riveting. At one point during her recovery she tells a psychiatrist she doesn't want drugs to ‘hide the pain.’ Instead, ‘I want to talk about how I'm feeling, why I feel like bawling my eyes out, how freaked out I am by how my body's been shredded, how I feel about losing my friends.’ That's exactly what she's done in this book. Along the way she provides a nitty-gritty account of what it takes to cover a war. Anybody with a jaundiced view of the press should read for themselves the determination and commitment and just plain guts it takes. It helps to have a sense of humor, and Kimberly uses hers to somehow make you laugh in the middle of a story about terrible, terrible loss.”
“The bomb blast that Kimberly Dozier survived in 2006 took her out of Iraq but she never stopped being a war correspondent. Here is a rare, personal view—with all the attention to detail a great reporter brings to bear—into an experience shared by thousands of wounded Iraq veterans.”
“Breathing the Fire is a bold and brave reflection on a tragedy most of us could never conceive of surviving, yet alone come out the other side with such energy and optimism. Kimberly's bravery and fighting spirit are remarkable, and provide keen insight into what her protectors, the men and women of the American military face every day. She traces a journey thousands of our troops in Iraq have traveled, yet has rarely been revealed in such compelling and heartbreaking detail.”
“As a public affairs officer who works with and has working relationships with the media, this book and Kimberly's experiences strike a cord unlike most books covering the war in Iraq as a ‘how to’ to work in this type of incredibly hard environment.”
“Since I have known Kimberly since 2004, I found this book to be as open and honest as I found working with her on every single story she produced while I was in Iraq for 18 months. This is the how to do it for being in a war zone to get the story right.”
Online story: Native-born journalist discusses her time in Iraq
Online story: Journalist believes talking aids healing