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Chris Hedges

Senior Fellow

Hedges is the author of the bestselling War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (Free Press, 2003), which draws on his experiences to describe the patterns and behavior of nations and individuals in wartime. He is also author of Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Commandments in America (Free Press, 2005) and What Every Person Should Know About War (Free Press, 2003), a book he worked on with several combat veterans. Last January, Hedges published American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America (Free Press, 2007). His latest book, Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians, co-authored with Laila Al-Arian and published by Nation Books, was launched this June.

Hedges has a B.A. in English Literature from Colgate University and a Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard during the academic year of 1998-1999 where he spent a year studying classics. He currently writes for numerous publications including Foreign Affairs, Harper's, The New York Review of Books, Granta and Mother Jones. Hedges is a former Lecturer in the Council of the Humanities and former Anschutz Distinguished Fellow at Princeton University.

Upcoming Appearance:

Join acclaimed war correspondent and bestselling author ROBERT FISK, author of The Age of the Warrior (Nation Books), and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist CHRIS HEDGES, author of Collateral Damage (Nation Books), for an incisive and far-ranging conversation on the Iraq War, America’s influence in the Middle East, the upcoming November election and the disastrous legacy of the Bush administration.

The event marks the book launch for THE AGE OF THE WARRIOR: SELECTED ESSAYS by Robert Fisk.

Audience questions will be taken, and following the event there will be a book signing by Robert Fisk and Chris Hedges.

October 2
7 p.m.

Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South
New York City

FREE OF CHARGE. FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED. Doors open at 6.30 p.m.

For more information please go to www.nationbooks.org or call 212-822-0266.

Recent Appearances:

Democracy Now!
Appearance with Laila Al-Arian | Radio Interview | June 10, 2008

True Crimes: The Untold Story Behind the Devastation of Iraq

Probe behind the headlines of the occupation of Iraq with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Chris Hedges, journalist Laila Al-Arian, bestselling author Jeremy Scahill and The New Yorker's Seymour Hersh as they discuss the untold story of the occupation of Iraq, the daily plight of Iraqi civilians and the ongoing role of private mercenaries in America's "War on Terror."

The event is a dual book launch for Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians by Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian and the updated paperback edition of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Army by Jeremy Scahill. The conversation will be followed by audience questions and a book signing.

Town Hall, 123 W 43rd St, New York NY 10036.
3 June, 7 p.m.


Selected Articles:

Fueling the Fire of Real Change
Column | Truthdig | September 28, 2008

Fleecing What's Left of the Treasury
Column | Truthdig | September 21, 2008

For Palin, it's a (Christian) Man's World
Column | Truthdig | September 14, 2008

'High Wire' by Peter Gosselin
Book Review | Los Angeles Times | June 29, 2008

The left has lost its nerve and its direction
Op-Ed | The Philadelphia Enquirer | April 20, 2008

A Conscientious Objection
Column | Truthdig | March 23, 2008

The Other War: Iraq Vets Bear Witness
Article | The Nation | Co-authored with Laila Al-Arian | July 30, 2007

Read the rest of Chris Hedges' columns at Truthdig.

Read an excerpt of Chris Hedges' latest book, I Don't Believe in Atheists.

Book Reviews:

Book Review: I Don't Believe in Atheists
I Don't Believe in Atheists | The Boston Globe | March 18, 2008

Book Review: American Fascists
American Fascists | PoliticalAffairs.net | January 30, 2008

Browsing Books: Paperback Row
American Fascists | Sunday Book Review | January 27, 2008

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