Robert Fisk
Born July 12, 1946 · Died October 30, 2020
Robert William Fisk (12 July 1946 – 30 October 2020) was a British journalist, writer and political scientist. As an international correspondent, he covered the civil wars in Lebanon, Algeria, and Syria, the Iran–Iraq conflict, the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Islamic revolution in Iran, Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, and the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. An Arabic speaker, he was among the few Western journalists to interview Osama bin Laden. Fisk, who worked as the Middle East correspondent for the British newspaper The Independent since 1989, received many journalism awards, including the Press Awards Foreign Reporter of the Year seven times. His books include The Point of No Return (1975), In Time of War (1985), Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War (1990), The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East (2005), and Syria: Descent Into the Abyss (2015).
Books by Robert Fisk in order
Books by Robert Fisk in the order they were published, from The Point of No Return (1975) to Islamic Extremism (2017).
- 1The Point of No ReturnThe Point of No Return1975
- 2In Time of War
In Time of War1983 - 3Pity the Nation
Pity the Nation1990 - 4Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East
Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East2005 - 5Inside the Crusader Fortress
Inside the Crusader Fortress2005 - 6War, Journalism, And the Middle East
War, Journalism, And the Middle East2006 - 7Age of the Warrior
Age of the Warrior2008 - 8Bosnias Forgotten Battlefield
Bosnias Forgotten Battlefield2012 - 9Night of PowerNight of Power2012
- 10Robert Fisk on AlgeriaRobert Fisk on Algeria2015
- 11Robert Fisk on EgyptRobert Fisk on Egypt2015
- 12Robert Fisk on IsraelRobert Fisk on Israel2015
- 13Robert Fisk on Afghanistan : Osama Bin LadenRobert Fisk on Afghanistan : Osama Bin Laden2016
- 14Arab Spring Then and NowArab Spring Then and Now2017
- 15Islamic ExtremismIslamic Extremism2017