Robert Fisk combines first hand, eye witness reporting on the contemporary history of the Middle East with the epic story of tragedy and betrayal of its people. Fisk narrates the bloodshed and cruelty unfolding in Iraq, Afghanistan, Algeria, Iran, Israel, Palestine and other
battlefields following the
carnage of 11th September 2001 and the consequent overthrow of the Iraqi dictator with the present day chaos and turmoil.
Fisk met Osama bin Laden ( he dreamt Fisk as a Muslim flying into an inferno) three times and has reported on the Middle East, for 30 years from his base on the Beirut corniche, Lebanon. Fisk reports on the horrors of modern warfare and its devastating impact on ordinary people's lives. Fisk emphasises the
lies and
deceit that sent soldiers to their deaths and killed tens of thousands of men and women, Arab, Christian and Jews over the last century.
Fisk chronicles the rage, humour and frustration of the correspondents who spend their lives reporting history as it unfolds and sometimes their deaths. Fisk relates his father's, 2nd Lt. Bill Fisk experiences in the trenches of World War I, following which the victors drew the borders of Northern Ireland, Yugoslavia and most of the Middle East. Fisk has spent his entire career watching the people within these borders die.
This is the story of the violent world shaping our lives and our future.
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