“Peggy [his mother] became a flame of optimism in my young life. [during WW2] And when I once asked what was the point of struggling with my homework when we were all going to die, she replied: “By the time you grow up, they may have found a cure for that”…
“She asked me repeatedly [during the Israeli siege of Lebanon in 1982] why governments spend so much money on guns.” page 793
For nearly thirty years, Fisk has been a journalist in that part of Asia, called the ‘Middle East’ now (it used to be the “Near East’) Read more [...] Category Archives: Robert Fisk
Fisk, Robert. THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILIZATION: The Conquest of the Middle East. 2005. Fourth Estate, UK & Alfred A. Knopf. USA.
“Peggy [his mother] became a flame of optimism in my young life. [during WW2] And when I once asked what was the point of struggling with my homework when we were all going to die, she replied: “By the time you grow up, they may have found a cure for that”…
“She asked me repeatedly [during the Israeli siege of Lebanon in 1982] why governments spend so much money on guns.” page 793
For nearly thirty years, Fisk has been a journalist in that part of Asia, called the ‘Middle East’ now (it used to be the “Near East’) Read more [...] Comments Off on Fisk, Robert. THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILIZATION: The Conquest of the Middle East. 2005. Fourth Estate, UK & Alfred A. Knopf. USA.
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