Interview with Journalist and Historian Sir Max Hastings

(HistoryNet) Among the best-known and most prolific modern writers on military conflict as both news and history, Britain's Sir Max Hastings has experienced war firsthand. As a television reporter and print journalist, he covered 11 conflicts, ranging from Northern Ireland and Vietnam to Biafra and the Falklands. He has held senior editorial positions at London's Evening Standard and The Daily Telegraph and is the author of nearly two dozen books of military history. Highly regarded for both his prose style and the depth of his research, Hastings has also drawn criticism for his willingness to look beyond patriotic or political clichés to find the hard truths that underlie mankind's fascination with war. Continued