The Man Who Went to War: A Reporter's Memoir from Libya and the Arab Uprising

Almost a decade since deciding to give up war reporting full-time, and at the unexpected prodding of his wife, award-winning journalist Patrick Graham travels to the heart of the Libyan Revolution and the Arab Spring. He delivers a story by turns harrowing and comic, rich in both dramatic, on-the-ground reportage and historical detail, of a nation on the brink of transformation.

“If you’re a recovering journalist listening to reports of a distant war on the radio, then you know, with the ki...