Going to the Wars

by Max Hastings

Book Overview

In his autobiography, Max Hastings records his experiences reporting from the battlefields of Northern Ireland, Biafra, Vietnam, Cambodia, the Middle East, Rhodesia and other trouble spots. It is also... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0330377108
• ISBN13: 9780330377102
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Pan MacMillan
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Interesting read....

I purchased this book in N.Zealand on vacation because the title interested me about a year ago. I'll give my American caveat to begin: I am not familiar w/Mr. Hastings as most Brits are or must be--but, after reading his book, I felt I knew him quite well. His book would be quite the interesting read, especially for someone who has an interest in journalism. With regard to journalism of modern combat, Mr. Hastings stands in a class of his own, more so in our age of the embedded journalist. His fearless "yomp" across East Falkland and into Stanley during the Falkland War in horrid weather, is a testament to the sort of indefatigueable journalist he was. His characterization of the Falkland War as being the last of the "old-fashioned" wars that the world would witness is dead on. Mr. Hastings' description of how the print journalists' copies were transmitted, the television media's stories were broadcast and how long it took for a film to reach Britain from 8,000 miles distant--all while dealing with issues of censorship in wartime--made for a very interesting read.