02979cam a2200349 i 4500 1164487184 TxAuBib 20160407120000.0 150814s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015030898 9781451635119 hardback 1451635117 hardback (OCoLC)918762663 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO YDXCP BTCTA BDX UOK TxAuBib rda Engel, Richard. And then all hell broke loose : two decades in the Middle East / Richard Engel. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster, 2016. ix, 241 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. "Based on two decades of reporting, NBC's chief foreign correspondent's riveting story of the Middle East revolutions, the Arab Spring, war, and terrorism seen up-close--sometimes dangerously so. When he was just twenty-three, a recent graduate of Stanford University, Richard Engel set off to Cairo with $2,000 and dreams of being a reporter. Shortly thereafter he was working freelance for Arab news sources and got a call that a busload of Italian tourists were massacred at a Cairo museum. This is his first view of the carnage these years would pile on. Over two decades Engel has been under fire, blown out of hotel beds, taken hostage. He has watched Mubarak and Morsi in Egypt arrested and condemned, reported from Jerusalem, been through the Lebanese war, covered the whole shooting match in Iraq, interviewed Libyan rebels who toppled Gaddafi, reported from Syria as Al-Qaeda stepped in, was kidnapped in the Syrian crosscurrents of fighting. He goes into Afghanistan with the Taliban and to Iraq with ISIS. In the page-turning And Then All Hell Broke Loose, he shares his adventure tale. Engel takes chances, though not reckless ones, keeps a level head and a sense of humor, as well as a grasp of history in the making. Reporting as NBC's Chief-Foreign Correspondent, he reveals his unparalleled access to the major figures, the gritty soldiers, and the helpless victims in the Middle East during this watershed time. We can experience the unforgettable suffering and despair of the local populations. Engel's vivid description is intimate and personal. Importantly, it is a succinct and authoritative account of the ever-changing currents in that dangerous land"-- Provided by publisher. 20160407. Engel, Richard 1973- Foreign correspondents United States Biography. Middle East History 21st century. Middle East Politics and government 21st century. TXKIP