The Age of the Warrior: Selected Essays by Robert FiskPublicAffairs, 2008. júl. 29. - 544 oldal Robert Fisk has amassed a massive and devoted global readership with his eloquent and far-ranging articles on international politics. Now, for the first time, his brave and incisive essays have been collected in a single volume that ranges in scope from the recent war in Lebanon to the rise of Hamas; from the invasion of Kuwait to the looting of Baghdad; from America's imperial ambitions to the inescapable influence of the Treaty of Versailles. Taken together, these articles form an unparalleled account of our war-torn recent history. |
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... enemy 'Thank you, Mr Clinton, for the kind words' Brace yourself for Part Two of the War for Civilisation The pit of desperation The lies leaders tell when they want to go to war 'You are not welcome' Be very afraid: Bush Productions is ...
... enemy 'Thank you, Mr Clinton, for the kind words' Brace yourself for Part Two of the War for Civilisation The pit of desperation The lies leaders tell when they want to go to war 'You are not welcome' Be very afraid: Bush Productions is ...
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... enemy' – but all is well in Iraq We have lost our faith and they have not God and the devil The childishness of civilisations Look in the mirror Smashing history So now it's 'brown-skinned' The 'faith' question Hatred on a map 'If you ...
... enemy' – but all is well in Iraq We have lost our faith and they have not God and the devil The childishness of civilisations Look in the mirror Smashing history So now it's 'brown-skinned' The 'faith' question Hatred on a map 'If you ...
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... enemies Just who creates reality? A letter from Mrs Irvine Who killed Benazir? The strange case of Gunner Wills The last enemy In the Colosseum, thoughts turn to death Dead heroes and living memories The ship that stands upright at the ...
... enemies Just who creates reality? A letter from Mrs Irvine Who killed Benazir? The strange case of Gunner Wills The last enemy In the Colosseum, thoughts turn to death Dead heroes and living memories The ship that stands upright at the ...
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... enemy, call him a tyrant, or part of the 'axis of evil'. And above all else, use the word 'terrorist'. Terror, terror, terror, terror, terror, terror, terror. Seven days a week. That's the kind of anger that journalists are permitted to ...
... enemy, call him a tyrant, or part of the 'axis of evil'. And above all else, use the word 'terrorist'. Terror, terror, terror, terror, terror, terror, terror. Seven days a week. That's the kind of anger that journalists are permitted to ...
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... enemies. As Middle East Correspondent of The Independent of London, I endure a charmed but dangerous life. I travel to Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, 'Palestine', Israel. I live in Lebanon. I have covered, over thirty-two years in the Middle ...
... enemies. As Middle East Correspondent of The Independent of London, I endure a charmed but dangerous life. I travel to Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, 'Palestine', Israel. I live in Lebanon. I have covered, over thirty-two years in the Middle ...
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Words words words | 83 |
Cinema begins to mirror the world | 145 |
The greatest crisis since the last greatest crisis | 185 |
When I was a child I understood as a child | 203 |
The old mandates | 227 |
The cult of cruelty | 281 |
We have lost our faith and they have not | 327 |
A thing invulnerable | 367 |
America America | 403 |
Unanswered questions | 437 |
The last enemy | 461 |
A street named Petain and the woman he sent | 492 |
index | 499 |
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