The world's most dangerous places

Fresh from the danger zone, the first, specially updated UK edition of Robert Young Pelton's unique guide.

An underground classic among the CIA, mujahadeen, special forces, NGOs and savvy adventurers, The World's Most Dangerous Places has become the de facto standard for understanding the groups, the players, the places and tensions that fuel current conflicts around the world.

Here are the most dangerous countries from five stars (Hell on Earth) to one star (dangerous rep).

Robert Young Pelton and his contributors tell it like it is in a brutally honest and personal style.

The book's pages bristle with tales of land mines, war zones, terrorists, mercenaries, mafiosi, massacres, kidnappers, drug smugglers.

Yet forewarned is forearmed. It includes thousands of hard-to-find contacts, Web sites, e-mails, survival tips, travel ideas, adventures, and even safety schools for war journalists.

The World's Most Dangerous Places gives the scoop when the media - and guidebooks - won't dare.

No walls, no barriers, no bull.