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Going to the Wars
- Author
- Max Hastings
- Narrator
- Charles Armstrong, Max Hastings
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 31 October 2024
- Run Time
- 12 hours 36 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Autobiography: business and industry, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Media, entertainment, information and communication industries, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Warfare and defence
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What to expect
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
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Max Hastings is one of the greatest living war correspondents
John Keegan, military historian, journalist and author of The Face of Battle
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A wonderful account of the wars of our times
Literary Review
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His memoirs have . . . honesty, pace and readability
Jeremy Paxman, broadcaster, journalist and author of Empire
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The chapters on the Falklands War are . . . one of the best things written about warfare in half a century
The Daily Telegraph
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This memoir is a first-class piece of reportage
The Sunday Times
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Thoughtfully wide-ranging
The Times
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An excellent memoir
Observer
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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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Details
- Author
- Max Hastings
- Narrator
- Charles Armstrong, Max Hastings
- Duration
- 12 hours 36 minutes
- Release Date
- 31 October 2024
- ISBN
- 9781035057696
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Autobiography: business and industry, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Media, entertainment, information and communication industries, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Warfare and defence
Synopsis
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 TelegraphMax 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
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