Max Hastings War Correspondent

He lives outside london.
Max hastings war correspondent. Born 28 december 1945 is a british journalist who has worked as a foreign correspondent for the bbc editor in chief of the daily telegraph and editor of the evening standard. Sir max hugh macdonald hastings frsl frhists ˈheɪstɪŋz. He was knighted in 2002. Max hastings grew up with romantic dreams of a life amongst warriors.
Sir max hugh macdonald hastings frsl frhists born 28 december 1945 is a british journalist editor historian and author. He has published twenty seven books among the most recent of which are vietnam an epic history of a tragic war 2018. Max hastings is the author of more than twenty books most recently winston s war. He has served as a foreign correspondent and as the editor of britain s evening standard and daily telegraph.
Before he was 30 he had reported conflicts in northern ireland biafra vietnam cambodia the middle east cyprus rhodesia india and a string of other trouble spots. Vietnam became the western world s most divisive modern conflict precipitating a battlefield humiliation for france in 1954 then a vastly greater one for the united states in 1975. Max hastings author of twenty books was editor of the daily telegraph for almost a decade then for six years edited the evening standard in london. Max hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides as well as researching a multitude.
His parents were macdonald hastings a journalist and war correspondent and anne scott james sometime editor of harper s bazaar. From the letters of an early 19th century rifleman to a housewife s account of the second world war max hastings military historian and ex war reporter chooses his favourite observations on conflict. He has won many awards for his journalism particularly his work in the south atlantic in 1982. His parents were macdonald hastings a journalist and war correspondent and anne scott james sometime editor of harper s bazaar.
From the back cover. Max s father late macdonald hastings was a journalist and war correspondent while his mother anne scott previously worked as an editor in the top selling magazine harper s bazaar. Sir max hastings is an author journalist and broadcaster whose work has appeared in every british national newspaper. He has received numerous british press awards including journalist of the year in 1982 and editor of the year in 1988.
So the family who is in the media and journalism world choosing an entirely different occupation must not be a single thought process for him. In his youth he was a foreign correspondent for newspapers and bbc television.