Argues that attempts by Oliver North and the United States government to manipulate Terry Waite resulted in his kidnapping

Terry Waite and Ollie North: The Untold Story of the Kidnapping and the Release

History

Hewitt, Gavin

Middle East

Little,Brown & Co

From the Berlin Wall to September 11th, Gavin Hewittformer CBC correspondent and current Special Correspondent for the BBC Ten OClock Newshas been involved in every major international story of the past twenty years. Once told by author Graham Greene that a foreign correspondent must freeze his conscience, put his soul on ice, this absorbing autobiography shares Hewitts journey to become emotional immune in the face of life-threatening crises. It also describes how television news is made and what happens behind the camera. In his career Hewitt rubbed shoulders with world leaders, royalty, rock stars, and the mafia and found himself arrested, accused of spying, and in an army boot camp. Gavin Hewitt reveals the truth behind the glare of the camera; he tells the stories he could tell friends, but could never broadcast.

A Soul on Ice

Biographies & Memoirs

PAN BOOKS LTD (ENGLAND)

Terry Waite

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

London : Bloomsbury

The Lost Continent: The BBC's Europe Editor on Europe's Darkest Hour Since World War Two

In THE LOST CONTINENT BBC Europe Editor Gavin Hewitt tells the story of a flawed dream, a noble vision that turned dangerous, and which led Europe into its gravest crisis since World War Two - a crisis for which it was totally unprepared.
A pillar of the post-war European dream was a shared currency, and with it came easy money, seducing some countries into a wild spending binge. After the financial crash in the United States, Europe caught the cold and was left with a debt crisis that came to threaten the entire European project. 
THE LOST CONTINENT is rich in anecdote, weaving together the stories of ordinary people with the high politics and drama of Europe in crisis to give an unparalleled and vivid portrait of a massive shift in modern history. It includes interviews with top officials and insiders, and dramatic accounts of key meetings. 
Gavin Hewitt's THE LOST CONTINENT is a clear-eyed book by a distinguished and well-connected journalist which tells the astonishing story of how we got here and where we might be headed.

Business & Money

Economics

Hodder&Stoughton

In The Lost Continent, BBC Europe Editor Gavin Hewitt tells the story of a flawed dream, a noble vision that turned dangerous and which led Europe into its gravest crisis since World War Two—a crisis for which it was totally unprepared. A pillar of the post-war European dream was a shared currency, and with it came easy money, seducing some countries into a wild spending binge. After the financial crash in the United States, Europe caught the cold and was left with a debt crisis that came to threaten the entire European project. The Lost Continent is rich in anecdote, weaving together the stories of ordinary people with the high politics and drama of Europe in crisis to give an unparalleled and vivid portrait of a massive shift in modern history. It includes interviews with top officials and insiders, and dramatic accounts of key meetings. Gavin Hewitt's The Lost Continent is a clear-eyed book by a distinguished and well-connected journalist which tells the astonishing story of how we got here and where we might be headed.

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