{"product_id":"war-junkie","title":"Jon Steele: War Junkie [2003] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eJon Steele is a war junkie. Soon after starting work as an ITN cameraman, he began to feel strangely at home in the kind of places ordinary people get evacuated from. Before long, he was living for the rush which comes as bullets fly past your head and bombs explode at your feet. Normal life just couldn't compete...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Georgia, Jon filmed on the last flight out of the besieged airport at Sokhumi, as the plane took off in the dead of night, all lights extinguished, going the wrong way down the runway, directly towards the nearby steep and virtually invisible mountain range while Abkhazian soldiers fired off random anti-aircraft shells in their general direction. \u003cbr\u003eIn Moscow, he filmed in the midst of chaos as armed rebels and Militia fought bloodthirsty, hand-to-hand battles on the streets around him. \u003cbr\u003eIn Rwanda, he filmed the horrific aftermath to the most brutal massacre of modern times - and his own neck got far too close to the edge of a machete for comfort. \u003cbr\u003eIn Zaire, he filmed endless fields full of young children deranged by hunger and ravaged by cholera. \u003cbr\u003eIn Bosnia, Jon realised that he had, in fact, seen and filmed more than he could cope with, and finally spiralled out of control, deep into emotional meltdown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut somehow \u003ci\u003eWar Junkie\u003c\/i\u003e is also an incredibly funny and exhilarating book. The humour is dark but sharp as broken glass. The action comes so thick and fast you can forget to breathe. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWar Junkie\u003c\/i\u003e is shocking, hilarious, deeply moving and, ultimately, it packs a powerful psychological punch. It will challenge everything you thought you knew about modern warfare as it shines an unforgiving spotlight into some of the darkest recesses of recent history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steele, Jon","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49136136651091,"sku":"9780552149846","price":25.7,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":49028064051539,"sku":"XG80552149846","price":3.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47270616006995,"sku":"XV80552149846","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/steele-jon-jon-steele-war-junkie-2003-paperback-57975082942803.jpg?v=1729356590","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/war-junkie","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}