At Your Own Risk: An American Chronicle of Crisis and Captivity in the Middle East

by Tom Sutherland and Jean Sutherland

Book Overview

More than a hostage story, this is a rare portrait of the Middle East that transcends the Sutherlands' personal struggle to place a turbulent decade in the Middle East in perspective. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555912559
• ISBN13: 9781555912550
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Much more than a story of captivity...

Without blowing his own horn, the author exposes how to be a good human being. The story is also captivating, but what is behind the story is the good part. Tom Sutherland is an amazing human being, to have undergone captivity at the hands of terrorists, yet come out of it a better person. Jean Sutherland's parts fill in the corners well, both write very well.

Helpful in understanding the ethnic complexity of Lebanon.

I was fortunate enough to hear Thomas Sutherland speak almost immediately after his release, and several times since. He has always been consistent in his praise for Terry Anderson, his acceptance of his internment as "his own risk," his lack of bitterness for 6.5 years away from family and his support for the people of Lebanon. The book genuinely reflects the man.