'A superb account of journalists, soldiers and the experience of modern battle, written by one of the greatest war reporters of our time' – Robert Harris

'His memoirs have . . . honesty, pace and readability' – Jeremy Paxman

Max Hastings grew up with romantic dreams of a life amongst warriors. But after his failure as a parachute soldier in Cyprus in 1963, he became a journalist instead. Before he was thirty he had reported conflicts in Northern Ireland, Biafra, Vietnam, Cambodia, the Middle East, Cyprus, Rhodesia, India and a string of other trouble spots. His final effort was as a war correspondent during the Falklands War.

Going to the Wars is a story of his experiences reporting from these battlefields. It is also the story of a self-confessed coward: a writer with heroic ambitions who found himself recording the acts of heroes.

"Max Hastings is one of the greatest living war correspondents" - John Keegan

"A wonderful account of the wars of our times" - Literary Review

"The chapters on the Falklands War are . . . one of the best things written about warfare in half a century" - Daily Telegraph

"This memoir is a first-class piece of reportage" - Sunday Times

"Thoughtfully wide-ranging" - The Times

"An excellent memoir" - Observer