Going to the Wars. (signed).
£25.00 GBP • Used
Reprint. "Max Hastings grew up with romantic dreams of a life amongst warriors. But after an embarrassing false start as a parachute soldier in 1963, he became a journalist and a war correspondent...
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Reprint. "Max Hastings grew up with romantic dreams of a life amongst warriors. But after an embarrassing false start as a parachute soldier in 1963, he became a journalist and a war correspondent instead. Before he was thirty he had reported conflicts in Northern Ireland, Biafra, Vietnam, Cambodia, the Middle East, Cyprus, Rhodesia, India and a string of other trouble spots.In 1982, when the Falklands crisis broke he was determined to take part in this final imperial adventure, sailing from Southampton with the South Atlantic Task Force.On 14 June, he walked alone into Port Stanley ahead of the British landing force, in pursuit of a last great scoop." Pp.xvi/400, 5 maps +16 pages of black & white illustrations, signed by Max Hastings to title page. Black cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.
Product Info
ISBN: 0333771044
ISBN-13: 9780333771044
Publisher: London: Macmillan, 2000. 0333771044
Type: Used
Binding: Softcover
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