- Andrew Cockburn
Andrew Cockburn (pronEng|ˈkoʊbɝn, "co-burn") is an Irish
journalist who has lived in theUnited States for many years.Born in
London in 1947, Cockburn grew up inCounty Cork ,Ireland . His father was the well-known socialistauthor andjournalist Claud Cockburn by third wife Patricia Byron,née Arbuthnot (who also wrote an autobiography, "Figure of Eight"). Andrew Cockburn was educated atGlenalmond College ,Perthshire , andWorcester College, Oxford .Cockburn has written about the
Middle East for the "New York Review of Books " and co-produced the 1991PBS documentary onIraq titled "The War We Left Behind". He lives inWashington, D.C. with his wife,Leslie Cockburn , a journalist andfilm producer with whom he has co-authored several books. He is also a regular contributing author forNational Geographic and "CounterPunch".Cockburn has two brothers,
Alexander Cockburn andPatrick Cockburn , who are also journalists, and a half-sister, mystery writerSarah Caudwell . JournalistsLaura Flanders andStephanie Flanders are his half-nieces, daughters of his half-brother in lawMichael Flanders . He married Leslie Corkhill Redlich and together they have three children, Chloe Frances Cockburn, "The O.C. " and "House, M.D. "actress Olivia Wilde , and Charles Philip Cockburn.Cockburn's most recent book is "Rumsfeld: His Rise, Fall, and Catastrophic Legacy" (subtitled "An American Disaster" in the UK edition). In the "New York Times", reviewer Jacob Heilbrunn called it "perceptive and engrossing" and "quite persuasive."
Cockburn is also famous for writing "21st Century Slaves" for National Geographic. It was a groundbreaking article that shed light on the practice of modern-day slavery.
Publications
*Cockburn, Andrew (2007). "Rumsfeld: His Rise, Fall, and Catastrophic Legacy" Scribner ISBN 1416535748
*Cockburn, Andrew (with Patrick Cockburn) (1999). "Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein" HarperCollins Publishers Hc ISBN 0-06-019266-6
*Cockburn, Andrew (with Leslie Cockburn) (1997). "One Point Safe" Doubleday ISBN 0-385-48560-3
*Cockburn, Andrew (with Leslie Cockburn) (1991). "Dangerous Liaison: The Inside Story of the U.S.-Israeli Covert Relationship" HarperCollins Publishers ISBN 0-06-016444-1
*Cockburn, Andrew (1983). "The Threat: Inside the Soviet Military Regime" Random House ISBN 0-394-52402-0External links
* [http://www.frontlineclub.com/club_videoevents.php?event=387 "Frontline Club: Rumsfeld - the Man Behind the US Military Disaster"] (May 11, 2007)
* [http://www.CounterPunch.org/andrew12172003.html "Saddam's Last Act"] (December 17, 2003)
* [http://www.CounterPunch.org/andrew12022003.html "Tired, Terrified, Trigger-Happy"] (December 2, 2003)
* [http://www.CounterPunch.org/andrew07262003.html "Now the Blood Feud Begins"] (July 26, 2003)
* [http://www.CounterPunch.org/cockburn1104.html "Should We Attack Iraq Because We Can?"] (November 4, 2002)
* [http://www.CounterPunch.org/cockburn0811.html "Bono Betrays Ireland"] (August 11, 2002)ee also
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Cockburn
*Cockburn (surname)
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