About the Author

Leslie Cockburn's coverage of foreign affairs has won her numerous awards, including Emmy, George Polk, and duPont-Columbia Awards; the Robert F. Kennedy Award for International Reporting; and the National Press Club Award for Diplomatic Correspondence. Cockburn is the author of One Point Safe, the True Story of Russian Nuclear Security, Dangerous Liaison: The Inside Story of the U.S.-Israeli Covert Relationship, and Looking for Trouble: One Woman, Six Wars and a Revolution.