1. Oriana Fallaci Interviews

A posthumous compilation of this award-winning and best-selling writer and journalist’s seminal, historic interviews. Oriana Fallaci was granted access to countless world leaders and politicians throughout her remarkable career. Considering herself a writer rather than a journalist, she was never shy about sharing her opinions of her interview subjects. Her most memorable A posthumous compilation of this award-winning and best-selling writer and journalist’s seminal, historic interviews. Oriana Fallaci was granted access to countless world leaders and politicians throughout her remarkable career. Considering herself a writer rather than a journalist, she was never shy about sharing her opinions of her interview subjects. Her most memorable interviews—some translated into English for the first time—appear in this collection, including those with Ariel Sharon, Yassir Arafat, the former Shah of Iran, Lech Walesa, the Dalai Lama, Robert Kennedy, and many others.

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Also featured is the famous 1972 interview in which she succeeded in getting Henry Kissinger to call Vietnam a 'useless war' and to describe himself as 'a cowboy.' To this day he calls the Fallaci interview 'the most disastrous conversation I ever had with the press.' A posthumous collection of fourteen interviews. The title is not at all an exaggeration. Over her journalistic career, Oriana Fallaci enjoyed unlimited access to notable figures - those that call themselves leaders, and those who have obtained power.

She is perhaps most famous for goading Henry Kissinger into calling himself a 'cowboy' and admitting that the Vietnam War was 'useless', or for tearing off her chabod during a sit with the Ayatollah Khomeini. You could read this collection as a stud A posthumous collection of fourteen interviews. The title is not at all an exaggeration. Over her journalistic career, Oriana Fallaci enjoyed unlimited access to notable figures - those that call themselves leaders, and those who have obtained power. She is perhaps most famous for goading Henry Kissinger into calling himself a 'cowboy' and admitting that the Vietnam War was 'useless', or for tearing off her chabod during a sit with the Ayatollah Khomeini. You could read this collection as a study of contrasts - how Fallaci interrogates both Golda Meir and Yasser Arafat, or the Shah and the Ayatollah, or Indira Gandhi compared to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto or Deng Xiaoping versus the 33-year-old Dalai Lama. Her technique is to conduct impeccable background research, and to follow lines of interrogation that lead often to contradictions, outright denial or even admission of fault.

These interviews lasted for hours, were often emotionally charged, and led to pointed fingers or raised fists or some absurd, disgusting, indefensible, morally bankrupt statement. One contention that you could draw from Fallaci's interviews is that nearly all of the people in power or leadership have only earned their place from their ambition (or craving?) for power, not at all from any special quirk of the intellect or moral strength. But this does not mean that she does not respect some of those she talks to. She finds Robert Kennedy a tragic, almost too distant figure who becomes even more closed off during the course of the interview (a rarity for her). Despite her opposition to political Zionism, she finds much to admire in Golda Meir - a quiet tenacity, perhaps.

There is little of the blatant prejudice against Muslims that I have heard punctuates her other works. She finds much to fault with the Shah of Iran, who candidly admits what too many men hide - their belief that women are not as intelligent as men. Likewise, she feels overwhelming disgust with Muammar Ghaddafi as he obsesses over his schemes and shouts that he is the Gospel, but who wouldn't? I'd hope to see such interviewing techniques and provocations come back, but perhaps now it is easy to avoid being questioned in such a way. Why bother to sit for an interview for six hours when you can tweet and have the networks scramble to figure out what you 'really' mean? In sum - this is a fine collection of interviews, although the editing leaves much to be desired. There are spelling mistakes and even missing words, and perhaps these could be corrected for a future edition.

In the same nature as the last interview with Deng Xiaoping, i score this book 100. This was just masterful and was worth it for the interviews with muammar gaddafi and ayatollah khomeini alone. They were gripping and made me wish every interview in the book had been written in this narrative style, rather than a rote transcription like the other. Also.maybe it could have strated with something other than Bobby Kennedy. His interview was nothing but a bore and i thought i might not make it tho In the same nature as the last interview with Deng Xiaoping, i score this book 100.

This was just masterful and was worth it for the interviews with muammar gaddafi and ayatollah khomeini alone. They were gripping and made me wish every interview in the book had been written in this narrative style, rather than a rote transcription like the other. Also.maybe it could have strated with something other than Bobby Kennedy. His interview was nothing but a bore and i thought i might not make it though. But then came kissinger and golda meir and i was hooked. Bravo Oriana.

I miss you ever so much. The temptation must have been great indeed to refuse an interview with Oriana Fallaci, journalist, war correspondent and novelist. There were those who claimed they never gave interviews, but consented to her request, all with prior knowledge of her work. Henry Kissinger called his interview, 'the most disastrous conversation I ever had with the press.' And this from the former Secretary of State who had negotiated with his political counterparts from the world's toughest neighborhoods. Maybe th The temptation must have been great indeed to refuse an interview with Oriana Fallaci, journalist, war correspondent and novelist. There were those who claimed they never gave interviews, but consented to her request, all with prior knowledge of her work.

Henry Kissinger called his interview, 'the most disastrous conversation I ever had with the press.' And this from the former Secretary of State who had negotiated with his political counterparts from the world's toughest neighborhoods. Maybe the challenge itself, to prevail over this particular journalist, was enough for world leaders, filled with hubris, to consent. At times she too was challenged. She confessed that the toughest interview was the most brief and most difficult, and she could not wait for it to end, not because the man was rude, but because he was so closed and became increasingly less responsive as the interview proceeded. It was with Robert F.

Her questioning style was probing, prosecutorial and she was judge and jury. Vyatta virtualization iso vmware workstation. She never hid her opinions and, when deeply enraged, could be intemperate about them especially after the 9/11 attacks.

Elena Poniatowska was her equal in bravery, with both reporting on the 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre in Mexico City. This is Poniatowska's history of that event, Massacre in Mexico by Elena Poniatowska. Christopher Hitchens may be comparable in his audacious irreverence. Read these interviews for the questions and the methodology; read them with a view to past and present world history. Especially with world events, read these interviews and judge if she fulfilled the job of a journalist to get at some truths and/or elicit reasons for actions taken or not by well-known world leaders. Rizzoli Publishing reissued these previously published interviews and they are admonished for releasing this book with far too many printing/typographical errors.

Reviewed by Sheryn Morris, Librarian II, Literature & Fiction Dept.

Intervista con la storia = Interview with History, Oriana Fallaci She interviewed many world leaders of the time. Those in this book include Henry Kissinger, Nguyen Van Thieu, Golda Meir, Arafat, Indira Gandhi, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Willy Brandt, The Shah, and others.

تاریخ نخستین خوانش: ماه نوامبر سال 1979 میلادی عنوان: مصاحبه با تاریخ ؛ نویسنده: اوریانا فالاچی؛ مترجم: پیروز ملکی؛ تهران؛ امیرکبیر، 1357؛ در 399 ص، موضوع: مجموعه ای از مصاحبه با شخصیتهای سیاسی جهان - قرن 20 م ا. شربیانی Intervista con la storia = Interview with History, Oriana Fallaci She interviewed many world leaders of the time. Those in this book include Henry Kissinger, Nguyen Van Thieu, Golda Meir, Arafat, Indira Gandhi, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Willy Brandt, The Shah, and others. تاریخ نخستین خوانش: ماه نوامبر سال 1979 میلادی عنوان: مصاحبه با تاریخ ؛ نویسنده: اوریانا فالاچی؛ مترجم: پیروز ملکی؛ تهران؛ امیرکبیر، 1357؛ در 399 ص، موضوع: مجموعه‌ ای از مصاحبه با شخصیت‌های سیاسی جهان - قرن 20 م ا. I read this book in 1976, in thick of the revolution. I agreed and enjoyed everything she said. 37 years later, I was re-arranging my books and found this TRASH again.

I am so sorry in my youth and naivete, I believed how she described the Shah of Iran. I was and still am anti-Shah's policies, but I hate liars even more. 'the knickknacks covered with rubies and sapphires, the corners of the table. And in that absurd and irritating glare of gold,emeralds,rubies and sapphires,I sat for.' Any I read this book in 1976, in thick of the revolution. I agreed and enjoyed everything she said. 37 years later, I was re-arranging my books and found this TRASH again.

I am so sorry in my youth and naivete, I believed how she described the Shah of Iran. I was and still am anti-Shah's policies, but I hate liars even more. 'the knickknacks covered with rubies and sapphires, the corners of the table. And in that absurd and irritating glare of gold,emeralds,rubies and sapphires,I sat for.'

Anyone who has seen the palace, which is a museum now knows the style was contemporary and there was no such a thing as gold and glitter on any of palaces. Again she says 'we Europeans were naive,indeed superficial, in underestimation of him,'we did not even bother to count his oil wells,which were spreading like wildfire and increasingly fortifying his power at home and abroad. Today we are paying the price for our myopia' O.F. Yes, my friends, these lines say it all. WE EUROPEANS: will tell you how to look at yourselves, WE write books and tell you lies when your leaders stand up to us or raises oil prices rightfully so, WE in the most sneaky corrupt, dirty games change your government who dare to work against us, WE. Please next time you read anything,don't believe it. Most of the news you are reading today is implanted to keep you sad and unhappy with your government so your best and brightest leave and work for them rather than contributing to their own country.

The more horrible and Iraq, Syria, Libia, Egypt look alike your lives are, the happier they are. DO NOT BELIEVE THEM. Susah dibilang: siapa mewawancara siapa. Fallaci sudah mengaku di depan, bahwa ia tidak bisa membebaskan diri dari penilaian personalnya. Karena itu, ia tidak akan menyajikan wawancara dingin yang 'obyektif', tapi sebuah debat yang menuntut, mengusut dan mirip interogasi. Tokoh-tokoh yang disajikan dalam buku wawancara ini pemilihannya dilatari oleh kemuakannya pada kekuasaan.

Jijiknya pada para penguasa, yang sedikit banyak dan langsung tidak langsung telah membentuk sejarah dunia modern eduun. Susah dibilang: siapa mewawancara siapa.

Fallaci sudah mengaku di depan, bahwa ia tidak bisa membebaskan diri dari penilaian personalnya. Karena itu, ia tidak akan menyajikan wawancara dingin yang 'obyektif', tapi sebuah debat yang menuntut, mengusut dan mirip interogasi. Tokoh-tokoh yang disajikan dalam buku wawancara ini pemilihannya dilatari oleh kemuakannya pada kekuasaan. Jijiknya pada para penguasa, yang sedikit banyak dan langsung tidak langsung telah membentuk sejarah dunia modern. Diterjemahkan dengan 'berat' oleh j. Riberu, dari bahasa aslinya italia, buku ini dibuka dengan wawancaranya dengan henry kissinger. Orang yang dipakai fallaci untuk mengawali caranya mewawancara tokoh-tokoh selanjutnya: menilai sosoknya, bahkan menafsir kepribadiannya.

Untuk tokoh pertama ini, fallaci tidak segan menyebutnya: pengecut! Giliran selanjutnya.

Jenderal giap dari vietnam. Where do I begin in the praise of this remarkable woman and her interview with the most notable players of the power game of her time. She asks the right questions mostly, and gets great, meaningful answers. Its intriguing to look at these people in hindsight and judge the impact they had on history and if their predictions come true. Several of the people interviewed were assassinated, Bhutto and Panagoulis to name two, the former intrigued her and she fell in love with the latter.

So there's a Where do I begin in the praise of this remarkable woman and her interview with the most notable players of the power game of her time. She asks the right questions mostly, and gets great, meaningful answers. Its intriguing to look at these people in hindsight and judge the impact they had on history and if their predictions come true.

Several of the people interviewed were assassinated, Bhutto and Panagoulis to name two, the former intrigued her and she fell in love with the latter. So there's a lot of food for thought as to who was right in his beliefs and who was wrong. But you need to see past her obvious hatred for Islam and to some extent the US because the bias is apparent in her questioning and writing but a must read nevertheless. Love the Intro as well.

Well done Fallaci. Oriana Fallaci was like a rabid dog who ripped to shreds the likes of dictators and political buffoons; she was also quite charming and used her wiles to crumble her subjects' self-perception. Her interviews function in part as histories of key political figures during the Cold War. They are painful and satisfying to read as she jabs pins in the facade that is politics and insults leaders for everything from their taste in coffee and their choice of wardrobe to their military policy.

I can't help Oriana Fallaci was like a rabid dog who ripped to shreds the likes of dictators and political buffoons; she was also quite charming and used her wiles to crumble her subjects' self-perception. Her interviews function in part as histories of key political figures during the Cold War.

Oriana Fallaci Interviews

They are painful and satisfying to read as she jabs pins in the facade that is politics and insults leaders for everything from their taste in coffee and their choice of wardrobe to their military policy. I can't help but think that if she were alive and interviewing me, I would welcome the pummeling just to see her in action. Fallaci is to the political interview what Terri Gross is to the artistic one. Her formal, flinty preparedness and bravura questions call to mind a matador unafraid to break with convention, brandishing an irresistible cape - it could be any size or color - and then stepping deftly out of the way. That said, the interviews compiled in this book are inevitably dated. Sometimes that makes for great reading, when one revisits historical detail not much discussed anymore, and often finds a nugget o Fallaci is to the political interview what Terri Gross is to the artistic one. Her formal, flinty preparedness and bravura questions call to mind a matador unafraid to break with convention, brandishing an irresistible cape - it could be any size or color - and then stepping deftly out of the way.

That said, the interviews compiled in this book are inevitably dated. Sometimes that makes for great reading, when one revisits historical detail not much discussed anymore, and often finds a nugget of prescience. But expect, in any given reading, to skip some interviews out of restlessness in order to relish the juicier ones.

A selection of interviews compiled as a book. Fallaci is concise, daring, brilliant and knows how to get to the heart and soul of the famous political figures she interviews. I am a long term devotee of Fallaci and think of her as the best in her field. The book is a little dated, but the all fourteen interviews come alive. When I got to the last one, Alexandros Panagoulis, I was on verge of tears in reading what the Greek Junta did to him. All interviews are revealing and to me were worth readi A selection of interviews compiled as a book.

Fallaci is concise, daring, brilliant and knows how to get to the heart and soul of the famous political figures she interviews. I am a long term devotee of Fallaci and think of her as the best in her field.

The book is a little dated, but the all fourteen interviews come alive. When I got to the last one, Alexandros Panagoulis, I was on verge of tears in reading what the Greek Junta did to him.

All interviews are revealing and to me were worth reading. 'the greatest political interviewer of modern times' Rolling Stone.

Oriana Fallaci is a goddess. I can't believe any of the men interviewed by her in this book agreed to do it for any other reason than they wanted to marry her. Then she made them all reveal themselves as evil, or stupid, or both. The Kissinger interview is awesome, as is the Ali Bhutto one. But they're all awesome, with the possible exception of some old Italian socialist who put me to sleep near the end of the book. It's easy to see why the women (Golda Meir, Indira Ghandi) agreed to be intervie Oriana Fallaci is a goddess.

I can't believe any of the men interviewed by her in this book agreed to do it for any other reason than they wanted to marry her. Then she made them all reveal themselves as evil, or stupid, or both. The Kissinger interview is awesome, as is the Ali Bhutto one. But they're all awesome, with the possible exception of some old Italian socialist who put me to sleep near the end of the book. It's easy to see why the women (Golda Meir, Indira Ghandi) agreed to be interviewed. Fallaci loves all the women. She can do what she wants as far as I'm concerned.