Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East

ISBN: 0007255489

Author: Fisk, Robert

Condition: New

'INCOMPARABLE DEPTH AND UNDERSTANDINGAND EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE' NOAM CHOMSKYThe final work from foreign correspondent Robert Fisk, picking up the story in the Middle East where his internationally bestselling The Great War of Civilisation left off, starting with the aftermath of the Iraq invasion in 2005.From the Arab uprisings and the Syrian civil war to Israels conflicts with Palestine and Lebanon, Fisk condemns the Wests ongoing hypocrisy and interference while revealing the horrific truth of life on the ground. Unafraid to criticise authority and unpick complex truths, hecreates a compelling narrative of passionate and engaging journalism, historical analysis and eyewitness reporting.With a Postscript by Nelofer Pazira-Fisk and a foreword by Patrick Cockburn, Night of Power delivers an essential and prophetic account of the last twenty years, which exposes the inescapable consequences of colonial oppression and violence in the Middle East.This is a masterly work by a unique and gifted historian of the present, who was unafraid to criticise authority while revealing the horrific realities of life and death on the ground Conor OClery, Irish TimesEvery 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 WithdrawalI was at the funeral of a friend of mine, in Kilternan cemetery I came across Robert Fisks grave. Someone has to bear witness to the unspeakable, and he did it, whatever the cost to himself Neil Jordan, film director and writer