He wanted a war. And, for his sins, he got one. James Brabazon was an ambitious young war reporter when he entered the chaos of the Liberian Civil War in 2002. Running with the infamous LURD rebels, he survived numerous deadly ambushes and a dramatic two-hundred-mile escape from Government troops th[...]
Brabazon paints a brilliant portrait of the chaos that has torn West Africa apart, and presents a behind-the-scenes account of the Liberian rebels as they attempt to seize control of the country from government troops led by President Charles Taylor. photos.[...]
The second edition of this biography of humanitarian Albert Schweitzer has been updated to include documents discovered since the work was originally written, including the letters between Schweitzer and Helene Bresslau written during the ten years before their marriage. This correspondence tells of[...]
Krigsreporteren James Brabazon sitter i en bar i Vest-Afrika og blir fortalt om planen for et vanvittig militærkupp i Ekvatorial-Guinea. Mannen som forteller, en beryktet sørafrikansk leiesoldat, er Nick du Toit. Deres uvanlige vennskap startet to år tidligere under den liberianske borgerkrigen. [...]