Going to the Wars
13 February 2014Imprint: Macmillan
Synopsis
His memoirs have ... honesty, pace and readability.' Jeremy Paxman
Max Hastings grew up with romantic dreams of a life amongst warriors. But after his failure as a parachute soldier in Cyprus in 1963, he became a journalist instead. Before he was 30 he had reported conflicts in Northern Ireland, Biafra, Vietnam, Cambodia, the Middle East, Cyprus, Rhodesia, India and a...
Details
13 February 2014432 pages
9781447266594Imprint: Macmillan
Reviews
Max Hastings is one of the greatest living war correspondents.John Keegan
A wonderful account of the wars of our times.William Shawcross, Literary Review
His memoirs have ... honesty, pace and readability.Jeremy Paxman
The chapters on the Falklands War are ... one of the best things written about warfare in half a century.John Simpson, Daily Telegraph
