‘Beaumont is fluid and elegant in his description of war and its symptoms’.
Evening Standard, Sam Kiley

‘Beaumont’s account of war reporting in the Middle East is astonishing, not least for its careful detail and his self-searching honesty. A superb piece of work’
Esquire

‘The Secret Life of War is an awesome read, the best enquiry into killing and suffering I’ve encountered. A plea for resolution, a document of brutal honesty, the bare truth: in it beats the pulse of being there in the throes of modern conflict’.
Tim Page


‘A superb writer’.
Neal Ascherson, New York Review of Books

‘An intelligent, deeply perceptive work drawn from nearly two decades of experience reporting conflict… Rather than merely identify the superficial changes, Beaumont has slipped beneath the skin of contemporary warfare to examine what lies beneath… never less than compelling and at times brilliant… Beaumont's diligent style of journalism is in short supply these days’.
Times, Anthony Lloyd

‘Beaumont writes beautifully and calmly, even when describing the fiercest and most emotive moments of war.’
Observer, Janine di Giovanni

‘Modern war is all about complexity and uncertainty, and in his accounts of his journeys through conflict, Beaumont certainly evokes this… Beaumont is evidently a brave and determined reporter’.
Literary Review