This is a book full valuable photographs of past events and situations fast fading into history. It contains epic poems of seafaring and disaster at sea, pirate whaling and loss of life in the process.
It recounts in detail war and misery in the Middle East, Cyprus, Pakistan, India, Kashmir and tells the story of travel through those countries during times of upheaval and coups. It describes the six day war Between the Arabs and Israelis, telling the story of the tension in those years along the Suez Canal and the tribal rebellion in Yemen following the Republicans upheaval and destruction of the countries royalty.
The early years of colonial existence in New Guinea are described in detail and the political unrest within South Africa is vividly described by the author.