I came across a link to this book -- Dispatches: Stories from War Zones, Police States and Other Hellholes. Author is Michael J Totten. It contains impressions acquired during visits to
- The border between Israel and Lebanon during combat operations against Hezbollah
- Combat patrols in Iraq
- Cuba under Castro
- Problems with the airline Alitalia
- Beirut, Lebanon
- The Palestinian Territories
- Ukraine
- Egypt under Mubarak
- Vietnam long after the end of the war
- Libya under Quaddafi
The Kindle version is available free from Amazon.
