Means of escape
Subtitle: a war correspondent's memoir of life and death in Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Vietnam
By: Philip Caputo.
Edition: 1st Holt paperbacks ed.
Publisher: Henry Holt
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9780805089639
Subjects: Caputo, Philip; War correspondents -- United States -- Biography; Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: Philip Caputo chronicles his experiences as a war correspondent, describing his dangerous encounters with the Chicago Mafia, Islamist extremists, Beirut snipers, and Middle Eastern terrorists.
Notes: "Originally published in hardcover in 1991 by HarperCollins."

"A Holt paperback."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Escape velocity; title: City room; title: The desert; title: The city; title: First casulaties; title: The old country; title: Bye-bye, everybody; title: States of extremes; title: The great game.