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NIGHT OF POWER: The Betrayal of the Middle East

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Description for NIGHT OF POWER: The Betrayal of the Middle East Paperback. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: HBG. Dimension: 234 x 153. .

'ROBERT FISK HAS BEEN REPORTING FROM THE MIDDLE EAST WITH INCOMPARABLE DEPTH AND UNDERSTANDING…AND EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE' NOAM CHOMSKY

In this final work from renowned journalist Robert Fisk, he picks up reporting on the Middle East where his internationally bestselling The Great War of Civilisation left off.

From the Arab uprisings and the Syrian civil war to ... Read more

With a Postscript by Nelofer Pazira-Fisk and a foreword by Patrick Cockburn, Night of Power delivers an essential and prophetic account of the last twenty years, which exposes the inescapable consequences of colonial oppression and violence in the Middle East.

‘Every sentence of Robert Fisk radiates his loathe of wars and the inevitable dehumanization they produce, which makes his (sadly) last book an everlasting warning, beyond its value as a meticulous historical recount and analysis of today's events’ Amira Hass, journalist, Haaretz

'Fisk's reporting is clear-eyed and unflinching, a model for what journalists should aspire to practice in their ever more important and widely threatened craft' Anthony Arnove, editor, Iraq Under Siege and author, Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal

‘I was at the funeral of a friend of mine, in Kilternan cemetery … I came across Robert Fisk’s grave. Someone has to bear witness to the unspeakable, and he did it, whatever the cost to himself’ Neil Jordan, film director and writer

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
HarperCollins
Condition
New
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007350612
SKU
9780007350612
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3

About Robert Fisk
Robert Fisk was a bestselling author and journalist. He spent forty-four years in the Middle East and his work spanned nearly five decades, covering conflicts in the Arab world, former Yugoslavia and Northern Ireland. He was The Independent’s Middle East correspondent, and his book The Great War for Civilisation was published internationally to great critical acclaim. He is also the ... Read more

Reviews for NIGHT OF POWER: The Betrayal of the Middle East
‘The overall effect of Fisk’s present-tense historical writing—he holds a doctorate in history and is able to make deep connections between present and past—is to underscore the dangers of making too many assumptions about a much-assumed-about region … An incisive view of the Middle East that won’t please the Pentagon or veterans of the Bush and Blair administrations’ Kirkus starred ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for NIGHT OF POWER: The Betrayal of the Middle East


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