Going to the Wars

Max Hastings

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Pan Books
31 October 2024

Autobiography: business & industry; Press & journalism

'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

By: Max Hastings
Imprint: Pan Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm,
ISBN: 9781035057337
ISBN 10: 1035057336
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 31 October 2024
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Acknowledgements - i: Permissions Acknowledgements Section - ii: List of Maps and Illustrations Section - iii: Foreward Chapter - 1: Tarnished Wings Chapter - 2: Street Apprentice Chapter - 3: A Taxi to Biafra Chapter - 4: Shooting Vietnam Chapter - 5: Ticket to Firebase Six Chapter - 6: Yom Kippur Chapter - 7: Israel's Victory Chapter - 8: Bush War Chapter - 9: Goodbye to Da Nang Chapter - 10: The Fall of Saigon Chapter - 11: Savimbi's Angola Chapter - 12: Yoni Chapter - 13: Voyage to the South Atlantic Chapter - 14: On the Shore Chapter - 15: Mount Kent Chapter - 16: Walking to Stanley Section - iv: Postscript Index - v: Index

Max Hastings is a Sunday Times bestselling author who, between 1986 and 2002, served as editor-in-chief of The Daily Telegraph, then editor of the Evening Standard. In his youth he was a foreign correspondent for newspapers and BBC television. He has won many awards for his journalism and books, of which the most recent are Abyss, All Hell Let Loose and Catastrophe. He was knighted in 2002 for services to journalism.

Reviews for Going to the Wars

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 -- William Shawcross * 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 -- John Simpson * Daily Telegraph * This memoir is a first-class piece of reportage -- Jon Swain * Sunday Times * Thoughtfully wide-ranging -- Martin Bell * The Times * An excellent memoir -- Lynn Barber * 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