War in the Middle East : A Reporter's Story: Black September and the Yom Kippur War

A Reporter's Story: Black September and the Yom Kippur War

By: Wilborn R. Hampton, Various (Illustrator)

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Paperback | 1 September 2009

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"Immediate and accessible. . . .The best volume yet for readers wanting to learn about this region that affects the whole world." KIRKUS REVIEWS (starred review).

In 1970, when the Jordanian civil war known as Black September began, U.P.I. correspondent Wilborn Hampton was sent to report on unfolding events. Holed up in the InterContinental Hotel and caught in the crossfire, he managed to get the story out. Three years later, dispatched to Israel to cover the Yom Kippur War, the reporter took it on himself to drive to the front lines.

Now the acclaimed author of Kennedy Assassinated!, Meltdown, and September 11, 2001, relays his on-the-spot experiences covering two pivotal wars, while offering readers a clear, balanced overview of the issues that have plagued the Middle East for decades and continue to this day.

Author Biography: Wilborn Hampton was born in Dallas in 1940. As a cub reporter in the Dallas U.P.I. office he helped cover the story of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and his first-witness account of that day has been published as Kennedy Assassinated! The World Mourns: A Reporter's Story. Of his title, Meltdown, Wilborn states, "No problem facing the twenty-first century is more urgent than the search for new sources of energy. As future scientists search for a replacement for oil and coal, they must be aware of the inherent dangers of atomic energy." Wilborn Hampton is now an editor at the New York Times and lives in New York City.

Industry Reviews

Immediate and accessible...the best volume yet for readers wanting to learn about this region that affects the whole world.
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

A solid introduction to complicated situations that in lesser hands can overwhelm young readers.
--The Horn Book (starred review)

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