He's faced his own execution, been fingered as an assassin, and had guns jammed to his stomach and head. John Scully's remarkable career as a television journalist has taken him to seventy countries and enabled him to create award-winning news stories and documentaries for such giants as the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

In this extraordinary memoir, Scully argues with terrorists in the Middle East, dodges landmines in Africa, bribes the Vatican, and travels with Evangelical Christians on a bizarre mission to Jonestown. From Vietnam to Beirut to the present troubles in Iraq, Scully examines terrorism, its roots, and its reasons as he tries to answer the question, who is a terrorist? But Scully digs even deeper, exploring the disastrous effects of colonialism from the Russians in Chechnya to the British in India and the United States in Iraq.

Dramatic, deeply insightful, and often hilarious, Am I Dead Yet? A Journalist's Perspective on Terrorism points out just how little Americans have learned from history.

John Scully is a prize-winning international journalist who has covered stories in over 70 countries and 35 war zones. He's worked for some of the world's leading broadcasters but has suffered from depression and post-traumatic stress disorder for much of that time. Scully is the author of Am I Dead Yet: A Journalist's Perspective on Terror. He lives in Toronto.

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"Blunt and funny. . . This satisfying journey is a sharp critique of modern journalism and a wise tribute to its continuing importance."
— Starred Review Publishers Weekly

"This book is a must for those concerned about the state of the media and the world. When it comes to revealing the history, players, and complexities of the history behind the news, Scully has carved out his own special brand of coverage that sets the bar high for journalists."
— Foreword Magazine

"An astonishing personal record of war reporting, especially war reporting, in "the free world" as the 20th century gave way to the 21st. It reads like a travelogue from hell."
— Winnipeg Free Press