The Secret Life of War

An intelligent, deeply perceptive work drawn from nearly two decades of experience reporting conflict * The Times *
Magnificent - this book should be required reading * Tribune *
Beaumont's account of war reporting in the Middle East is astonishing, not least for its careful detail and his self-searching honesty. A superb piece of work * Esquire *
Beaumont's book is on a different plane to the others and will outlast many of them * Sunday Times *
The Secret Life of War is an awesome read, the best enquiry into killing and suffering I've encountered. A plea for resolution, a document of brutal honesty, the bare truth: in it beats the pulse of being there in the throes of modern conflict -- Tim Page
A superb writer * New York Review of Books *
Beaumont is fluid and elegant in his description of war and its symptoms -- Sam Kiley * Evening Standard *
Beaumont is a compassionate companion in this grim world of inverted values, who is prepared to reveal his own psychological damage as he sets about dismantling the myths of war and violence and laying out their formidable human cost -- Siobhan Murphy * Metro *
Beaumont writes beautifully and calmly, even when describing the fiercest and most emotive moments of war -- Janine di Giovanni * Observer *
Modern war is all about complexity and uncertainty, and in his accounts of his journeys through conflict, Beaumont certainly evokes this... Beaumont is evidently a brave and determined reporter * Literary Review *