'ROBERT FISK HAS BEEN REPORTING FROM THE MIDDLE EAST WITH INCOMPARABLE DEPTH AND UNDERSTANDING.AND EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE' NOAM CHOMSKY In this final work from renowned journalist Robert Fisk, he picks up reporting on the Middle East where his internationally bestselling The Great War of Civilisation left off. An extraordinary chronicle of Fisk's trademark rigorous journalism, historical analysis and eyewitness reporting. Fully immersed in the Middle East and critical of the West's ongoing interference, Fisk was committed to uncovering complex and uncomfortable truths that rarely featured on the traditional news agenda. With a foreword from fellow Middle East correspondent and former colleague Patrick Cockburn, Night of Power delivers an essential and final account from one of the world's finest journalists, and proves itself timely as ever. 'Every sentence of Robert Fisk radiates his loathe of wars and the inevitable dehumanization they produce, which makes his (sadly) last book an everlasting warning, beyond its value as a meticulous historical recount and analysis of today's events' Amira Hass, journalist, Haaretz 'Fisk's reporting is clear-eyed and unflinching, a model for what journalists should aspire to practice in their ever more important and widely threatened craft' Anthony Arnove, editor, Iraq Under Siege and author, Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal * Final book from the late Robert Fisk, with a foreword from his former Middle East colleague, Patrick Cockburn. * 'The Great War for Civilisation' has sold over 85,800 copies in the UK alone and had significant export success in ANZ. * Lead review and feature coverage assured for this much-loved and respected media figure.
Robert had a vast following amongst British newspaper readers and huge experience of the Islamic world. Competition: Age of Warrior; Great War of Civilisation; conflict; a line in the sand; The Making of the Modern Middle East; behind enemy lines; Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire. Patrick Cockburn; max hastings; noam chomsky; james barr; Jeremy Bowen; Rashid Khalidi; deepa kumar; edward said; Tariq Ali; steve coll.