Witness to suffering; A foreign correspondent writes home
Montreal Gazette Saturday, May 19, 2007 LEVON SEVUNTS ECHOES OF VIOLENCE: LETTERS FROM A WAR REPORTER By Carolin Emcke Princeton University Press, 340 pages, $29.50 – – – What did…
Sisters in arms
Lt. Chantal Tétreault stood in the crew commander’s hatch of her Bison light armoured vehicle surveying the dusty road ahead. She gripped the handle of a loaded machine gun, ready…
Afghanistan: A long-term project; Author Peter Pigott explains why Canadian soldiers have been sent to Afghanistan, and provides a multi-faceted account of what they are doing there
Montreal Gazette Saturday, March 31, 2007 LEVON SEVUNTS CANADA IN AFGHANISTAN: THE WAR SO FAR By Peter Pigott Dundurn Press, 240 pages, $35 It’s a rare newscast or newspaper edition…
Whose War Is It?
Stand on guard, historian tells Canada: Military scholar J.L Granatstein makes a passionate plea for a more muscular Canada, one that can protect itself at home and once again punch…
Fleeing a hellish war: Deserter served in Iraq with U.S. army
Montreal Gazette Saturday, February 3, 2007 LEVON SEVUNTS The Deserter’s Tale: The Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away from the War in Iraq By Joshua Key as told…
Two views of the war on terror: Burke fights stereotypes, Musharraf seeks moderation
Montreal Gazette Saturday, November 25, 2006 LEVON SEVUNTS ON THE ROAD TO KANDAHAR: TRAVELS THROUGH CONFLICT IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD By Jason Burke Bond Street Books/Doubleday Canada, 228 pages, $32.95…
A Genuine sense of suffering: Anderson Cooper's reports are heartfelt
Montreal Gazette Saturday, July 15, 2006 LEVON SEVUNTS Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival Anderson Cooper Harper Collins, 212 pages, $32.50 I don’t remember the…
Canadian businesses welcome Mexicans
WORLD BRIEFINGS By Levon Sevunts THE WASHINGTON TIMES November 22, 2005 MONTREAL – As the United States fortifies its southern border, Canada has extended the welcome mat to Mexican immigrants…
How safe is Canada’s energy infrastructure?
HOMELAND SECURITY SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2005 SINCE SEPT. 11, 2001, CANADA HAS TAKEN NUMEROUS STEPS TO BOLSTER ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY. BUT HAS ENOUGH BEEN DONE? By Levon Sevunts Christian Latreille couldn’t believe…
‘Banning things will not change anything’
Charged with insulting Turkish identity and army, controversial author faces jail time By Levon Sevunts THE GLOBE AND MAIL Tuesday, October 4, 2005 When Dora Sakayan first published her grandfather’s…