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Shooting History: A Personal Journey | 
 enlarge | Author: Jon Snow
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 41733
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 1.2
ISBN: 0007171854
Dewey Decimal Number: 384
EAN: 9780007171859
ASIN: 0007171854
Publication Date: May 3, 2005
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Channel 4 News anchorman Jon Snow's Shooting History is, like John Simpson's acclaimed books, a foreign correspondent's story: Snow has been reporting news for thirty years and for most of that time was a foreign correspondent with ITN, beaming back pictures from war zones in South and Central America, Africa, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Washington, where he was ITN's top US correspondent for some years. His proximity to America and her wars--plus his innate sense of justice--leads him to be critical of US foreign policy and the reluctance of recent US administrations to learn from the perceived mistakes of their predecessors. Reading about the proxy wars fought by the US in Central America and the overthrow of Iraq's democratically elected government in a CIA-backed coup, it's hard not to be persuaded by his argument that the northern hemisphere in general--and the US in particular--need to take more account of the plight of the poor to the south of us. Warm, witty and engaging, Snow's story is also mildly self-deprecating: he seems comfortable discussing mistakes that he feels he has made and conflicts he feels guilty to have neglected in his long career. Regular viewers of Channel 4 News will recognise his easy tone, but don't expect reams of backroom gossip from his years as the presenter of the broadsheet news programme: over three quarters of the book is given over to his foreign adventures and it's clear that he sees himself as a currently static foreign correspondent. Given his clear affection for the people that he has met along the way, his anger about the injustices they have faced, and his manifesto for a better world (delivered in the final few pages), it's easy to see why he believes reporting from the field to be the way journalists can make a real difference. Shooting History is a riveting memoir, a damning indictment and an excellent read for anyone interested in current affairs.--Duncan Thomson
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Shooting History: A personal journey December 2, 2008
A well written book about a character that one sees everyday and knows very little about. Details his more than colourful up bringing and early career. Talks about the people he has met and his own "private" opinions on charactors. A most interesting read and well written by a highly regarded member of the Broadcasting Establishment for the interested reader.
 Brilliant. December 13, 2007
Simple as that. I never get time to watch Jon on C4 but it's always the most intelligent news programme on TV and doesn't pander to any party which I respect. Someone bought me this book and it sat unread for ages. Now I've read it I can't believe how revealing and interesting it is. Jon Snow could have done pretty much anything he wanted too as a young dude (I can picture him quite easily as a young radical) - MI6 even tried to recruit him. In a way it's a shame he didn't go into politics instead of reporting on them as he did in Washington in the 80's. The stuff he witnessed Reagan's administration is nothing short of criminal - the ineptitude of Reagan and Carter's administrations are truly staggering. The observations in the book go a long way to explain the dilemmas that are now being encountered with the 'axis of evil'. (30 odd thousand Islamist radicals from 43 countries were trained, financed and sent by the CIA to Afghanistan to fight the commie Russians - just one interesting fact). What is done in our name, with our money, by 'our' leaders is shocking. Thatcher was a bit canny herself securing between $30-$50 BILLION for an arms contract with the Saudis.
Jon has also mixed with some old luminaries throughout his career and his observations, comment and wit are really good reading and totally intriguing. I'm not as intelligent as Jon but reading this I felt like I was!
I'm about to buy two for friends of mine for Christmas - Amazon - Get some new ones up!!
Scandal: A respectable man in British journalism. Film at eleven! November 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I received this book as a present as my other half knows I enjoy Channel 4 news (pinko commie that I am). I also saw Jon Snow MC at an event on stem cells for the charity "Saving Faces", of which he is a patron. I was struck by how modest and self-effacing he was, and how genuinely interested he was in some fairly dense scientific and ethical issues.
Reading this book (on holiday) brought many smiles to my face and taught me a bit about people of Snow's generation (a couple above mine). His political activism at university contrasts strongly with my own cohort's almost total apathy and disengagement. His passion for Africa is something I've never shared but he conveys it in a very moving way, and he shines as a war journalist.
One thing this book did that I didn't expect was to give me a little bit more respect for the "old-school" journalists and mourn our fairly shallow level of interaction with the wider world that we have these days. The written press seems to consist mostly of press releases and sound bytes, delivered by people who have only a paper-thin understanding (and even less genuine concern) about what is going on in the world. We need more journos like Jon Snow to restore faith in the media, and perhaps even in politics...
Compelling October 13, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
For those who think Snow degenrates into name-dropping, it must be kept in mind that good journalists are not circus perfomers - they will inevitably hit the news room, and shift in their opinions. The quality of news in Britain is disturbing at best, and having read several autobiographies of leading journalists it is refreshing to see Snow as the anti-establishment figure in the field, as well as the studio.
I enjoyed this almost as much as the Campbell interview on C4 News. The idea of a "new world disorder" might not be fully fleshed out, but this is compulsive reading nevertheless.
 Better On The Road Rather Than In The Studio June 10, 2006
I agree with some of the other reviewers: The book starts well & gives some interesting 'right on' views on world (especially Africa) events but somehow once the field based reporter starts to anchor the news the stories become less colourful, almost to the point of name dropping & just listing world events.
A well written book that makes a great one for that last summer holiday read ie if you don't finish it on the flight home don't worry- you'll have already read the best bits
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