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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 next book, Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians, co-authored with Laila Al-Arian and published by Nation Books, will be out 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.

Forthcoming Appearances:

Book Launch of Collateral Damage at Town Hall on June 3, 2008.
More details forthcoming.

Selected Articles:

Hope for Corporate America
Column | Truthdig | April 28, 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 World As It Is
Column | Truthdig | March 10, 2008

Dr. Al-Arian's Third Strike
Column | Truthdig | March 7, 2008

The War Against Tolerance
Column | Truthdig | February 11, 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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The Extraordinary Life, Adventures and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi

By Aram Roston

From an Emmy award-winning investigative reporter - an explosive biography that reveals the untold story of the man most responsible for the war in Iraq.

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Read a review in Congressional Quarterly.

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Eric Alterman's Book Tour

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Institute Fellow Eric Alterman reads from his new book, Why We're Liberals.

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How to Rule The World Book Tour
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