The Great War for Civilisation
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A sweeping and dramatic history of the last half century of conflict in the Middle East from an award-winning journalist who has covered the region for over forty years, The Great War for Civilisation unflinchingly chronicles the tragedy of the region from the Algerian Civil War to the Iranian Revolution;…
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Robert Fisk was an English war correspondent from the 1970s in Beirut to the 1990s throughout the world’s conflict zones. A real frontline journalist, he interviewed Osama Bin Laden in remote, dangerous locations three times. This book serves several purposes. One is to bear witness to the gritty realities behind US foreign policy headlines. The next is memoir, and one feels as if only by writing it all down can Fisk himself believe what an amazing life he has had (like a real-life Forest Gump.)
The book also is a dedication in love to his father and grandfather, both front-line…
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