Robert Fisk and the Great War for Civilization (w/ Lara Marlowe) | The Chris Hedges Report

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Joining host Chris Hedges is Lara Marlowe, journalist and author, to talk about how her former husband and colleague Robert Fisk encapsulated all of that in his years as a journalist and writer and how his work, specifically his book "The Great War for Civilization,” serves as one of the West’s great tools in understanding the modern Middle East.

(0:00) Intro
(4:57) Fisk’s reporting on the Iranian airbuss
(12:45) Rupert Murdoch’s beef with Fisk
(17:35) Sabra & Shatila Massacre
(25:05) The importance of history
(32:58) Inside the mind of suicide bombers
(42:59) Is it worth it?
(45:37) Fisk gets attacked
(50:05) Fisk’s father
(58:00) Outro