For sheer bravery, dazzling prose, three interviews with Osama bin Laden and an unrivalled collection of awards won over three decades, there is nobody to match Robert Fisk. This book is his testament. Sunday Times
Brilliantpowerfully written. Independent on Sunday
A remarkable book. New Statesman
Fisk writes with a marvellous resource of image and language. His investigative reporting is lethally painstaking. Neal Ascherson, Independent
His forte is straight reporting, such as his three interviews with Osama bin Laden. At least as good are his meetings with Saddam Hussein, Khomeini and Sadeq Khalkhali, the hanging judge of the Iranian revolution, and his close-ups of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the launch of Saddam's war against Iran, an ambush by Islamists of an Algerian police patrol, and a lift into trouble in an Apache attack helicopter on the Iraq/Turkey border. Guardian
A mammoth and magisterial work, the definitive summation of what has gone wrong in the Wests foreign policies towards Arabia. Scottish Sunday Herald
A stimulating and absorbing book, by a man who speaks Arabic, who has known the region better than most, and has met the leading players, from bin Laden to Ahmad Chalabi. A formidable production. New York Times
Full of furious, vivid and highly personalised writingAn important book by an intrepid and talented writer. Literary Review
Vivid, graphic, intense and very personalthis is a book of unquestionable importance. Washington Post
