Simpson's World: Dispatches from the Front Lines

Whether dodging guerrillas at a cocaine market in Colombia; giving Osama Bin Laden the slip in an embroiled Afghanistan; or watching the unfolding massacre in Tiananmen Square, John Simpson has witnessed and covered the most significant events of our time. In his thirty years as world affairs editor for BBC-TV, he's visited 101 countries, interviewed 120 world rulers, and witnessed 29 wars and uprisings at close range. His astonishing career has placed him at the epicenter of front-page events around the globe and given him unprecedented access to figures like Saddam Hussein; Yasser Arafat; the Ayatollah Khomeini; Boris Yeltsin; Nelson Mandela; and many more. In this hair-raising collection spanning three decades of breaking news, American readers can savor for the first time Simpson's shrewd eye for details and enjoy his compelling gift for storytelling. Simpson's World is a celebration of a great reporter and a tour of recent world events, seen at close hand.