Robert Young Pelton
Autor/a de Robert Young Pelton's the World's Most Dangerous Places
Sobre l'autor
Robert Young Pelton is also the author of Come Back Alive, his auto-biography, The Adventurist, and is a regular columnist for National Geographic Adventure. He produces and hosts a television series for Discovery and the Travel Channel, and appears frequently as an expert on current affairs and mostra'n més travel safety on CNN, FOX News, and other news networks. .010. mostra'n menys
Obres de Robert Young Pelton
Obres associades
American Soldier: Stories of Special Forces from Iraq to Afghanistan (Adrenaline) (2002) — Col·laborador — 19 exemplars
Boots on the Ground: Stories of American Soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan (2004) — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1955-07-25
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
Canada
Membres
Ressenyes
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 12
- També de
- 3
- Membres
- 974
- Popularitat
- #26,441
- Valoració
- 3.7
- Ressenyes
- 11
- ISBN
- 24
- Llengües
- 2
- Preferit
- 2
One can read the Sierra Leone story as a reflection on African wars and intervention, by either the UN or PMCs. The Chechnya one is the best IMHO, full on war, closed borders, POWs, religious fanatics, cold, hospitality, good cars, bad cars, artillery barrages, a dystopian city, narrow escapes ...
And with Bougainville comes the lowest point of the book, that section is half interview and analysis of the main characters behind Sandline (PMC) and half regular war correspondent story on the action on the island itself. As such it neither excels at one or the other.… (més)