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Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
This is a riveting memoir by the popular veteran BBC correspondent, examining his desire to become a war reporter and how the nature of the job has changed. Having joined the BBC as a trainee in 1984, Jeremy Bowen first became a foreign correspondent four years later. He had witnessed violence already, both at home and abroad, but it wasn't until he covered his first war - in El Salvador - that he felt he had arrived. Armed with the fearlessness of youth he lived for the job, was in love with it, aware of the dangers but assuming the ... Read more
This is a riveting memoir by the popular veteran BBC correspondent, examining his desire to become a war reporter and how the nature of the job has changed. Having joined the BBC as a trainee in 1984, Jeremy Bowen first became a foreign correspondent four years later. He had witnessed violence already, both at home and abroad, but it wasn't until he covered his first war - in El Salvador - that he felt he had arrived. Armed with the fearlessness of youth he lived for the job, was in love with it, aware of the dangers but assuming the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847370181
SKU
KIN0032654
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Jeremy Bowen
Jeremy Bowen is Middle East Editor for the BBC, having reported from Jerusalem for seven years. Until recently he was the co-presenter of the BBC's Breakfast News programme. He is the author of one previous book: SIX DAYS: HOW THE 1967 WAR SHAPED THE MIDDLE EAST (Pocket, 074344969X).
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