Fielding's Hot Spots: Travel in Harm's Way

by Robert Young Pelton, Kathy Knoles (Editor)

Offers stories and advice about travel in lethal, criminal, and forbidden places, including Cambodia, Afghanistan, India, the Middle East, and Rwanda

343 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1997

About the author

Robert Young Pelton is an author, journalist, and documentary film director. He is known for his conflict reporting and interviews with military and political figures in war zones. He reported from the Battle of Qala-i-Jangi in Afghanistan, the Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) in Chechnya, the rebel siege to control Monrovia in Liberia, and the siege on Villa Somalia in Mogadishu. He spent time with the Taliban, the Northern Alliance (pre-9/11), the CIA during the hunt for Osama bin Laden and with both insurgents and Blackwater security contractors during the war in Iraq. He also hosted the Discovery Travel Channel series "Robert Young Pelton's The World's Most Dangerous Places" from 1998 to 2003.