ROBERT Fisk has a well-deserved reputation as an honest reporter. He is, too, a courageous journalist who has spent the past 30 years in the Middle East reporting from the heart of the various war zones. In The Great War for Civilisation he gives an eyew

ROBERT Fisk has a well-deserved reputation as an honest reporter.

He is, too, a courageous journalist who has spent the past 30 years in the Middle East reporting from the heart of the various war zones.

In The Great War for Civilisation he gives an eyewitness account of the events which have shaped the region.

Fisk, who is the Middle East correspondent for The Independent, is critical of the decisions which have led to chaos in the region and, obviously, the involvement of the US.