Bowen is one of the top foreign correspondents for the mighty BBC so has covered a lot of wars in his role. This is his account of his adventures. He has covered wars in El Salvador,Kosovo,chechyna,both the Gulf wars and all the many and various Middle East spats. He gives a humorous and educated account but it grates after a while. He often says how he is addicted to war and excitement and living in the "danger zone". Now this is all well and good,and probably true, but i found it a bit disrespectful to the men actually fighting in these wars. I know the media are important to these affairs in the modern day and it is a dangerous job but to hear him bleat on about it constantly just took the shine of his book a bit.
Still worth a read from a historical point of view,if nothing else!
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!
