The Age of the Warrior

Robert Fisk
September 2008     ISBN: 1568584032

Robert Fisk has reported from the Middle East for 32 years and covered 11 major wars. Britain's most celebrated foreign correspondent, he is allowed unique freedom in his essays and columns to speak out against what he sees as "the fraud and injustices of a world in which consent has become automatic." In a journalistic age in which even the mildest criticism of authority is considered subversive, Fisk's reporting is more vital than ever.

In The Age of the Warrior, Fisk's eloquent and far-ranging articles on international politics have been brought together in a single volume for the first time. He takes us from the London bombings to the streets of Lebanon, from war-torn Iraq to the horrors of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, offering courageous, eyewitness accounts of our blood-stained past and present.

A collection of remarkable breadth and power from one of our most popular, provocative and indefatigable journalists, The Age of the Warrior is indispensable reading for our complex, battle-scarred world.

"Robert Fisk is one of the outstanding reporters of this generation. As a war correspondent he is unrivalled."
—Financial Times

Praise for Fisk's The Great War of Civilisation

"A book of unquestionable importance, given Fisk's unmatched experience of war and its impact in the contemporary Middle East and his capacity to convey that experience in concrete, passionate language."
—The Washington Post

"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... A formidable production."
—The New York Times

"A magisterial report from the shifting front lines of the Middle East. It deserves to be read by all those concerned with what's happening in Iraq today."
—The Boston Globe

"Powerful... Mr. Fisk is a gifted writer and an accomplished storyteller."
—The Economist

Robert Fisk, a best-selling author and journalist, has lived in the Middle East for three decades. The world's most celebrated foreign correspondent, he has received numerous awards and was named British Press Awards' International Journalist of the Year seven times. Fisk's previous books include Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon and The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East, both of which received wide critical acclaim. Fisk is currently the Middle East correspondent for The Independent (UK) and lived in Beirut.