Andrew Cockburn

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Andrew Cockburn ( /ˈkoʊbɜrn/ KOH-burn; born 1947) is a journalist who has lived in the United States for many years.

Early life and family

Born in London in 1947, Cockburn grew up in County Cork, Ireland. His father was socialist author and journalist Claud Cockburn. His mother, Patricia Evangeline Anne (née Arbuthnot), was the granddaughter of British colonial administrator Henry Arthur Blake and British politician George Arbuthnot; she had written an autobiography, Figure of Eight. Cockburn was educated at Glenalmond College, Perthshire, and Worcester College, Oxford.

Cockburn has two brothers, Alexander Cockburn and Patrick Cockburn, who are also journalists, and two half-sisters. One sister, Sarah, was best known as the mystery writer Sarah Caudwell. The other sister, Claudia, worked on disability and married the Michael Flanders, half of the well-known performance double-act: Flanders and Swann; the two children of this marriage are the journalists Laura Flanders and Stephanie Flanders, his half-nieces.

He married Leslie Corkhill Redlich and together they have three children, Chloe Frances Cockburn, The O.C. and House, M.D. actress Olivia Wilde (née Olivia Jane Cockburn) and Charles Philip Cockburn. The Cockburns are distantly "related by cousinly marriages" to Sir George Cockburn, who ordered the Burning of Washington in 1814.

Career

Cockburn has written about the Middle East for the New York Review of Books and co-produced the 1991 PBS documentary on Iraq titled The War We Left Behind. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife, Leslie Cockburn, a journalist and film producer with whom he has co-authored several books. He is also a regular contributing author for National Geographic and CounterPunch.

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." He also wrote The Threat: Inside the Soviet Military Machine.

Cockburn is also known for writing "21st Century Slaves" for National Geographic. It was a groundbreaking article that shed light on the practice of modern-day slavery.

Publications

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• 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 0-394-52402-0

See also

• Cockburn
• Cockburn (surname)

External links

• [1] Producer of "The American Casino" film
• "Frontline Club: Rumsfeld – the Man Behind the US Military Disaster" (May 11, 2007)
• "Saddam's Last Act" (December 17, 2003)
• "Tired, Terrified, Trigger-Happy" (December 2, 2003)
• "Now the Blood Feud Begins" (July 26, 2003)
• "Should We Attack Iraq Because We Can?" (November 4, 2002)
• "Bono Betrays Ireland" (August 11, 2002)
• Booknotes interview with Andrew and Leslie Cockburn on Dangerous Liaisons, September 1, 1991.