Reviews for War in the Middle East: A Reporter's Story: Black September and the Yom Kippur War

The average rating for War in the Middle East: A Reporter's Story: Black September and the Yom Kippur War based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-03-12 00:00:00 Avon Avell Have you ever stayed in a hotel where bullets ricocheted into your window, and bomb and mortar explosions happened on the hour? Well, United Press International (U.P.I.) correspondant Wilborn Hampton lived it. Holed up in the InterContinental Hotel, Hampton got a 1st hand experience during the Jordanian civil war of 1970, aka Black September. Caught in the crossfire amongst other reporters, he managed to get the story out. A few years after the war, he's dispatched to cover and report the Yom Kippur war, and he took it upon himself to be on the frontlines. I found this book to be written exceptionally well. The book details a first hand experience in the crossfire and frontlines of two separate wars. The emotions I felt whilst reading mainly amounted to shock and confusion. Being an American living in a small and peaceful town oblivious to conflict, it's hard to understand the experiences people go through. It's particularly hard to comprehend the fact that innocent people are exposed to constant bullet and mortar fire. The book will give a surreal detailing of war, alongside pictures of what's happening. I would definitely recommend this book for anyone who likes reading about real life, or war. Though the contents within may seem like a fictitious nightmare to some, it's reality. The first person view of the book gives a sort of realism one would be unable to grasp in a third-person style book. Reading this book will deliver you the origins of the awful territorial and religious disputes.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-05-03 00:00:00 Deborah Wilson Twice was mentioned that Golda Meir was PM in 1967 authorizing the attack in the Six Day War. That's an inexplicable error of fact by a veteran reporter: Eshkol was PM then.