War Junkie: One Man's Addiction to the Worst Places on Earth - Softcover

Steele, Jon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0552149845 ISBN 13: 9780552149846

Publisher: Transworld Publishers, 2003

Synopsis

Soon after starting work as an ITN cameraman, Jon Steele began to feel strangely at home in the kind of places ordinary people get evacuated from. In Moscow, he filmed in the midst of chaos as armed rebels and militia fought hand-to-hand battles on the streets. In Rwanda, he filmed the horrific aftermath to the most brutal massacre of modern times. In Zaire, he filmed endless fields full of young children deranged by hunger and ravaged by cholera. And finally in Bosnia, Jon realized that he had seen and filmed more than he could cope with, and finally spiralled into a deep emotional meltdown.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

An adrenalin-fuelled, white-knuckle ride through the worst places on earth.

As a TV cameraman, Jon Steele filmed in most of the military hot-spots of the world -- Georgia, Moscow, Rwanda, Zaire, and Bosnia where he finally realized he had seen and filmed too many horrific things -- had in fact, been seconds from death himself. He spiralled out of control, deep into emotional meltdown.

His gripping story, packed with action, unexpected humour and emotional honesty, will challenge our assumptions about war, and the human capacity to inflict and endure suffering.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

From the Back Cover:

"The most authentic literary recreation of the hollow terror, confusion and soul-crushing cacophony of battle I have read in decades."
--Evening Standard

About this edition

• Publisher: Transworld Publishers
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0552149845
• ISBN 13: 9780552149846
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 544