Going to the Wars
Pages: 399
|Published: 1 Jan 2000
Description
Max Hastings grew up with romantic dreams of a life amongst warriors. But after his failure as a parachute soldier in Cyprus in 1963, he became a journalist instead. Before he was 30 he had reported conflicts in Northern Ireland, Biafra, Vietnam, Cambodia, the Middle East, Cyprus, Rhodesia, India and a string of other trouble spots. His final effort was as a war correspondent during the Falklands War. Going to the Wars is a story of his experiences reporting from these battlefields. It is also the story of a self-confessed a writer with heroic ambitions who found himself recording the acts of heroes. 'Max Hastings is one of the greatest living war correspondents. ' John Keegan 'A wonderful account of the wars of our times. ' William Shawcross, Literary Review 'His memoirs have. . . honesty, pace and readability. ' Jeremy Paxman 'The chapters on the Falklands War are. . . one of the best things written about warfare in half a century. ' John Simpson, Daily Telegraph 'This memoir is a first-class piece of reportage. ' Jon Swain, Sunday Times
