War Hotels - Couverture souple

Morrison, Kenneth; El Binni, Abdallah

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1785374028 ISBN 13 : 9781785374029

Editeur : Merrion Press, 2022

Synopsis

War Hotels is an engrossing exploration of hotels in wartime, told through the prism of the now iconic hotels that were frequented by foreign correspondents, politicians, paramilitaries and spies in conflicts in Northern Ireland, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lebanon, Iraq, and Bosnia & Herzegovina. It focuses on the hotels that became closely associated with the brutal conflicts in which they were a part, such as the Europa Hotel in Belfast, the Continental in Saigon, the Commodore in Beirut and Sarajevo’s Holiday Inn.

Building upon the research undertaken for the Al Jazeera documentary series of the same name, this book tells the stories of these hotels in even more fascinating detail, drawing upon in-depth interviews with those who witnessed the tumultuous events that took place in and around the buildings, including Martin Bell, John Simpson, Jonathan Dimbleby, Peter Arnett and Robert Fisk. By using war hotels as a lens through which to convey the human stories and the conflicts, they provide not only ‘micro-histories’, but a rich vein of historical narratives and moving personal recollections.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kenneth Morrison is a Professor of History at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK and was the historical consultant for the Al Jazeera series War Hotels.
Abdallah El Binni is a Lebanese filmmaker and investigative journalist based in Doha, Qatar. He has covered numerous conflicts as a cameraman and photojournalist, and he was the executive producer and director of the Al Jazeera series War Hotels.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Merrion Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1785374028
• ISBN 13: 9781785374029
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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