And Then All Hell Broke Loose

And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East
by Richard Engel

Over two decades Engel has been under fire, blown out of hotel beds, taken hostage. He has 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. In the page-turning And Then All Hell Broke Loose, he shares his adventure tale.

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. 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 reveals his unparalleled access to the major figures, the gritty soldiers, and the helpless victims in the Middle East during this watershed time. 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.