Frontline: Living and Dying in the World's Most Dangerous Places: Reporting from the World's Deadliest Places

Frontline: Living and Dying in the World's Most Dangerous Places: Reporting from the World's Deadliest Places

by David Loyn (Author)

Synopsis

Remember turning on the television and seeing shots of rockets fired at night in the first Gulf War, the first massacre victims in Kosovo, the US bomb that killed women and children in a bunker in Baghdad, and Mullah Omar declaring holy war for the Taliban?

The men and women at the Frontline news agency believed the public should see the true horrors of war and courageously went where other news organisations feared to tread.

Risking everything to show the truth, they travelled the world's most dangerous places in a quest to live life to the full, a quest some paid for with their lives. This is their story.

Shortlisted for the 2006 Orwell Prize. Updated and with a new foreword by the BBC's John Simpson.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 458
Publisher: Summersdale
Published: 09 May 2011

ISBN 10: 1849531412
ISBN 13: 9781849531412

Media Reviews
'stories rich in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas-like absurdity and outright danger... a fantastic book... required reading' Soldier magazine 'Recommended for news junkies, armchair adventurers, and broadcast journalism students.' -- Donna Marie Smith, Palm Beach Cty. Lib. Syst., FL Library Journal's Xpress Reviews 'Loyn's extensive research, news experience, and personal ties with Frontline members... makes this a thrilling read.' PublishersWeekly.com
Author Bio
David Loyn is the author of In Afghanistan: Two Hundred Years of British, Russian and American Occupation. He is a foreign correspondent for the BBC and has won major awards for both TV and radio reporting during 30 years in the field. He was the only foreign journalist with the Taliban when they took Kabul in 1996, and has traveled with them on assignment since 9/11. He was shortlisted for an Orwell Prize for Frontline. John Simpson is the world affairs editor of BBC News.