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"As a reporter, mostly for Reuters, Aidan Hartley covered wars and famine in Ethiopia, Somalia, Rwanda, and the Congo, throughout the 1990s. But there was a difference: Hartley was a white native of Africa -- born in Kenya, though his father served the British mostly in southern Arabia during the Second World War and after. Hartley weaves his own thrilling and appalling experiences with the wild "cowboys" who cover foreign wars, and an American photographer lover, with what he can piece together about his father and father's best friend Peter Davey, who died under mysterious circumstances in Arabia in the 1940s and left a manuscript in the family's Zanzibar chest -- and he tries to explain both generations' love for the mysterious and deeply troubled dark continent."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Kind Of History
Time of history:
- 1990's
- 1980's
History of military?
Yes
Armed Forces:
- Army
History of a people?
Yes
Nationality?
- Africa
Subjects of this Historical Account
Religion? (if plays a major part)
- Muslims!
Ethnicity (if plays a major part)
- Arabic
Is the portrayal sympathetic?
- Somewhat sympathetic
From a certain profession/group?
- farmers
Main Adversary
- dictators
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Nationality?
- African
Ethnicity? (if plays big part)
- Black
Is the portrayal sympathetic?
- Unsympathetic
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Russia
- Yugoslavia
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Iran/Persia
Africa
Yes
Part of Africa:
- Arabic Africa
- Black Africa
Middle East?
Yes
Middle East
- Israel
If applicable, liberal/conservative?
- Historian is very liberal
Style
How much gore?
- 8 ()
How fast-paced is the book?
- 6 ()
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Book makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
How much focus on stories of individuals?
- Focuses on brief history of a lot of players
How much romance?
- 3 ()
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- orgies
Minor characters feature lots of:
- deranged people
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A handful
Maps necessary?
- Not enough maps
Length of book
- 400-450 pages
How much emphasis on small details?
- 4 ()
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