Thomas E. Ricks
Thomas E. Ricks (born September 25, 1955 in Beverly , Massachusetts ) is an American author, journalist and security expert. He is a Pulitzer Prize winner .
Life
Ricks Ricks grew up as the son of a psychologist in New York City and Afghanistan . From 1968 to 1970 he attended the American International School in Kabul . After graduating from Scarsdale High School (USA), he studied at Yale University until 1977 . From 1977 to 1979 he worked at Lingnan University in Hong Kong before moving to Wilson Quarterly magazine . From 1982 he was an editor at the Wall Street Journal , u. a. from 1992 to 1999 as Pentagon correspondent. From 2000 to 2008 he was a military correspondent for the Washington Post . In 2000 he won the Pulitzer Prize for the Price of Power font . In 2012 he accused the conservative news broadcaster Fox News of politically directed reporting. In 2013 he gave the Perspectives in Military History Lecture Series at the United States Army War College in Carlisle.
Fonts
- Churchill & Orwell, The Fight For Freedom . Duckworth Overlook. ISBN 978-0-7156-5237-4 .
- The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006–2008 . Penguin Press. 2009. ISBN 1-59420-197-8 .
- Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq . Penguin. 2006. ISBN 0-14-303891-5 .
- A Soldier's Duty: A Novel . Random House. 2001. ISBN 0-375-50544-X .
- Making the Corps . Scribner. 1997. ISBN 0-684-83109-0 .
- The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today . Penguin Press. 2012. ISBN 978-1-59420-404-3 .
Web links
- CV (English) of Thomas Ricks at FP
- General failure . Looking back on the troubled wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, many observers are content to lay blame on the Bush administration. But inept leadership by American generals was also responsible for the failure of those wars. In: The Atlantic . October 24, 2012 ( theatlantic.com ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ MAX BOOT: Bureaucrats in uniform . In: NYT Sunday Book Review . December 7, 2012 (review).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ricks, Thomas E. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ricks, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author, journalist and security expert |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Beverly, Massachusetts |