Robert Fisk

A journalist in the Middle East for more than thirty years brings his intimate knowledge of the region to address the recent historical and political events in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Algeria, Israel, and Lebanon. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

The Conquest of the Middle East

The Great War for Civilisation

Fully updated to include the Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon and Ariel Sharon's electoral victory, this American edition has sixty pages of new material and a revised preface."--BOOK JACKET.

The Abduction of Lebanon

Pity the Nation

صراعات الشّرق الأوسط وحرب لبنان

ويلات وطن

Pity the Nation will rank among the classic accounts of war in our time, both as historical document and as an eyewitness testament to human savagery. Written by one of Britain's foremost journalists, this remarkable book combines political analysis and war reporting in an unprecedented way: it is an epic account of the Lebanon conflict by an author who has personally witnessed the carnage of Beirut for over a decade.

Lebanon at War

This anthology of Fisk's "journalism describes the full cycle of Egypt's awakening and relapse, episode by episode, as it happened--from the first stirrings of unrest to the ... dawn of Tahrir Square, and the days of shame and atrocity that followed"--Page 4 of cover.

A Revolution Betrayed

Robert Fisk on Egypt

Patrick Cockburn

From Hope to Despair

Arab Spring Then and Now

Il martirio di una nazione. Il Libano in guerra

Kim Sengupta

This remarkable anthology chronicles more than three years of spiralling violence and despair in Syria: atrocity heaped upon atrocity, misery upon misery, and all - so far - to no avail. No faction is without blood on its hands; no crime, from torture to poison gas, has been deemed taboo. The dead are too numerous to count. As for the living, close to 3 million refugees have fled Syria, with millions more internally displaced. How did we come to this? There is no better way to answer this question than to revisit The Independent's published accounts of the unfolding tragedy. Spearheaded by peerless and profoundly experienced correspondents such as Patrick Cockburn, Robert Fisk, Kim Sengupta, our coverage has led the world in its fearlessness and insight. Syria's tragedy is not yet over.

Descent Into the Abyss

Syria

The Independent

It began on a surge of international consensus, following the 9/11 terrorist atrocities. Thirteen years later, the US-led coalition s war in Afghanistan came to a quiet close. Britain and America are still counting the cost. Throughout that time, one journalist above all others has reported on the con flict with unfailing insight, perspective and courage. This is Robert Fisk at his best."

Osama Bin Laden: 9/11 to Death in Pakistan

Robert Fisk on Afghanistan

Ireland, Ulster and the Price of Neutrality 1939-45 (Paladin Books)

In Time of War

زمن المحارب

الإبادة

الحرب الكبرى تحت ذريعة الحضارة الحرب الخاطفة

Selected Writings

Age of the Warrior

O Médio Oriente é, desde há décadas, palco de guerras sangrentas, numa espiral de violência que parece não ter fim. Nesta obra, Robert Fisk retrata-nos os diversos conflitos, a sua génese e os seus intervenientes, em descrições por vezes de um realismo atroz - a crueza dos combates, a luta sem quartel, o cinismo das decisões. A Grande Guerra pela Civilização é, pois, uma obra compósita, misto de crónica, relato de correspondente de guerra, evocação memorialista, de alguém que viveu e noticiou sobre a região durante mais de 30 anos. «Brilhante … escrito de forma poderosa.» - Independent on Sunday

A Grande Guerra pela Civilização - A Conquista do Médio Oriente

Rarely have the horror and tragedy of war been so graphically--and brilliantly--portrayed as in Robert Fisk's epic account of the Lebanon conflict. A Critical scrutiny of a terrible war that has yet to be resolved.

Two Decades of Award Winning Journalism Volume 2 1999-2008 from Kosovo to Baghdad

The World of Robert Fisk

In Former Yugoslavia, Writes Robert Fisk, Whole Cultures are Being Obliterated

Waging War on History

A new front has opened in the global "war on terror", in the deserts of north Africa. Islamic extremists, loosely affiliated to al-Qa'ida, are attacking Western interests in an "arc of insecurity" stretching from Senegal to Somalia, with the fiercest recent action in Algeria and Mali. Such outbreaks can be traced in part to the Arab Spring, and the side-effects of, for example, the fall of Colonel Gaddafi in Libya. But there is also another, darker source: the legacy of years of horrifying sectarian bloodletting in Algeria. Rarely has a nation's suffering been so under-reported. More than 150,000 people have been killed by their fellow Algerians, mostly with sickening cruelty, since a general election won by the Islamic FIS party was annulled in 1992. The violence has slackened since 1999, when an amnesty induced many rebels to lay down their arms, but it has never stopped, and the scars on the national psyche will take decades to heal. Meanwhile, the power and influence of the fighters who call themselves Al-Qa'ida in the Islamic Maghreb has been growing inexorably. Finally, with the insurgency in Mali and the hostage-taking and massacre at the In Amenas gas field in January 2013, Western leaders - and the Western public - have been forced to confront a problem that has hitherto passed under their radar. For those seeking to understand why Algeria's tragedy matters, and what it means, there is no better place to start than here: a collection of contemporary reportage by the world's pre-eminent Middle-East correspondent, Robert Fisk, who raised the alarm about what was happening in Algeria while the rest of the world looked away. The edited collection of articles that follows spans two decades, chronicling first-hand what happened when a nation's failure to reconcile its ideological differences led both sides to descend into barbarity. Much of it is harrowing to read: a catalogue of man's inhumanity to man, punctuated with shining instances of courage, kindness and humour but no less tragic for that. But it is the truth. And for anyone who wishes to understand the problems confronting us today, it is essential reading.

Two Decades of Reportage on a Tragic Conflict That the West Can No Longer Afford to Ignore

Robert Fisk on Algeria

More than any other nation, Egypt epitomises the cruel disappointments of the Arab Spring. In less than four years, its people have come full circle. A sclerotic, cynical, seemingly immovable military regime, disguised by a fig-leaf of ostensible representation, was swept away on a joyous tsunami of popular idealism; a corrupt dictator was ousted, tried and jailed; free elections were held, a new president peacefully installed, and a new age of freedom and democracy seemed genuinely possible.Then, with tragic predictability, the new regime degenerated. Corruption, incompetence and repression provoked a counter-revolution; the elected president was ousted and jailed, his supporters massacred or rounded up. The old dictator was freed (for a while), the opposition was outlawed, the faceless men of the military resumed and tightened their grip on the reins of power - and thousands of ordinary Egyptians were left wondering what all their suffering and sacrifice had been for.No commentator is better qualified to tell this tragic tale than Robert Fisk, unflinching critic of the Mubarak regime and acclaimed chronicler of Middle-Eastern affairs for The Independent for 25 years. This powerful anthology of his journalism describes the full cycle of Egypt's awakening and relapse, episode by episode, as it happened - from the first stirrings of unrest to the glorious dawn of Tahrir Square, and the days of shame and atrocity that followed.Told with rare insight into both Egyptian culture and the hypocrisy of the West, this is history at its most compelling, written by one of the very greatest commentators on the Arab world.

Robert Fisk

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