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Jeremy Bowen is the BBC’s Middle East Editor.  He has reported from more that seventy countries, covering thirteen wars, including those in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Chechnya, Somalia, the Middle East, Rwanda, former Yugoslavia and Ukraine.  His previous books include Six Days, War Stories and The Arab Uprisings. He lives in London.

Sir Barney White-Spunner is a former British regular soldier whose military career culminated as Commander of the British Field Army. He has led British and Multinational forces in a wide variety of countries, particularly in the Middle East. He has written extensively on rural affairs and military history and was knighted in 2011.  Married, with three children, he lives in West Dorset. His publications include Horse Guards (2006), the story of the British Household Cavalry; Of Living Valour (2015), the story of the British soldiers at Waterloo and Partition (2017), an account of Indian Independence and the birth of Pakistan which is an international best seller. His latest book, Berlin: The Story of a City has now been published worldwide.