Hastings, Max M(acdonald)
HASTINGS, Max M(acdonald)
HASTINGS, Max M(acdonald). British, b. 1945. Genres: History, Military/Defense/Arms control, Biography, Documentaries/Reportage. Career: Freelance writer, broadcaster and journalist, London, 1973-. Sunday Times, London, contributor; BBC-TV, researcher, 1963-64, roving correspondent, 1970-73; The Evening Standard newspaper, London, reporter, 1965-67, 1968-70, editor, 1996-2001; World Press Institute, St. Paul, Minnesota, fellow, 1967-68; The Daily Telegraph, London, editor, 1986-95. Somerset Maugham Prize, 1979; Journalist of the Year, 1982; Granada TV Reporter of the Year, 1982; What the Paper Say, Granada TV: Editor of the Year, 1988. Publications: America 1968: The Fire This Time, 1968; Ulster 1969: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Northern Ireland, 1970; Montrose, The King's Champion, 1977; Yoni, Hero of Entebbe, 1979; Bomber Command, 1979; (with others) The Battle of Britain, 1980; Das Reich, 1981; (with S. Jenkins) The Battle for the Falklands, 1983; Overlord, 1984; (ed.) The Oxford Book of Military Anecdotes, 1985; The Korean War, 1987; Outside Days, 1989; Scattered Shots, 1999; Going to the Wars, 2000; Editor: A Memoir, 2002. Address: Northcliffe House, 2 Derry St, London W8 5EE, England.