Small Wars Permitting Dispatches from Foreign Lands

Praise for 'Small Wars Permitting':

'Succeeds because it is so lively.' Sunday Times

'Very readable and gives a good idea of what it is like...to be a front-line correspondent.' Financial Times

'A potent mix of her best articles, memories and some of the impressions she jotted in notebooks and diaries along the way.' Guardian.

'A wonderful retrospective of her dispatches, punctuated with memories of her tenure as a professional stranger in Karachi, Baghdad, Kabul and other danger zones.' Observer

'Hers is the humane face of her hard profession: candid, modest and brave. She is clear-sighted without cynicism, and amazingly unscarred by all she has experienced. This book is a fine testament to her courage and compassion.' Colin Thubron

'Lively ... revealing ... Anyone who doubts the value of professional foreign correspondents should read "Small Wars Permitting".' Patrick French, Sunday Times