Going to the Wars

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Including an introduction read by the author, Max Hastings.

'A superb account of journalists, soldiers and the experience of modern battle, written by one of the greatest war reporters of our time' – Robert Harris, author of An Officer and a Spy

‘Gripping and compulsively readable’ – Saul David, Sunday Telegraph


Max Hastings grew up with romantic dreams of a life amongst warriors. But after a painful false start with the Parachute Regiment, he became a journalist instead. Going to the Wars is his vivid, insightful account of his years as a foreign correspondent.

His first taste of danger came at the start of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, followed by the Biafra and Vietnam Wars. He left Saigon by helicopter from the American Embassy as the city fell to the Khmer Rouge, masqueraded as a game hunter to seek out the secrets of the Rhodesian civil war and was almost shot by marauding Turkish soldiers during the invasion of Cyprus. His greatest moment came at the end of the Falklands War, when he walked alone into Port Stanley, ahead of the British landing force, in determined pursuit of a scoop.

'His memoirs have . . . honesty, pace and readability' – Jeremy Paxman

Critics Review

Max Hastings is one of the greatest living war correspondents
John Keegan, military historian, journalist and author of The Face of Battle
A wonderful account of the wars of our times
Literary Review
His memoirs have . . . honesty, pace and readability
Jeremy Paxman, broadcaster, journalist and author of Empire
The chapters on the Falklands War are . . . one of the best things written about warfare in half a century
The Daily Telegraph
This memoir is a first-class piece of reportage
The Sunday Times
Thoughtfully wide-ranging
The Times
An excellent memoir
Observer
A superb account of journalists, soldiers and the experience of modern battle, written by one of the greatest war reporters of our time
Robert Harris, former journalist and author of Fatherland

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