Scott Peterson (writer)

For other people named Scott Peterson, see Scott Peterson (disambiguation).

Scott Peterson
Occupation	Author and journalist

Scott Peterson is an author and journalist. He was a Middle East correspondent for the Daily Telegraph but as of 2000 was a staff writer and Moscow bureau chief for the Christian Science Monitor. His first book, Me Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda (2001), is an account of his experiences and observations during a decade of reporting from Sub-Saharan Africa. His second book, Let the Swords Encircle Me: Iran--A Journey Behind the Headlines (2010), is based on more than thirty extended reporting trips to Iran.

Peterson was one of only a few journalists to report in depth on the subject of depleted uranium contamination in Iraq.

Bibliography

Books

• Scott Peterson (2001). Me Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-93063-4.  — reviews:
  • Maass, Peter (2000-08-27). "Review of Me Against My Brother: At War in Somalia, Sudan and Rwanda". The Washington Post. http://www.petermaass.com/core.cfm?p=1&mag=25&magtype=3. 
  • Hammer, Joshua (May 2000). "Down in Africa". The Washington Monthly. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/books/2000/0005.hammer.html. 
  • Purvis, Andrew (2000-05-22). "The Somalia Syndrome". Time (magazine). http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2000/0522/peterson.html. 
  • Bowden, Mark (2000-05-22). "African Atrocities and "The Rest of the World"". PolicyReview. http://www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/3487886.html. 

• Scott Peterson (2010). Let the Swords Encircle Me: Iran--A Journey Behind the Headlines. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1416597285. 

External links

• Remarks by Peterson at the "News" versus "Snooze" workshop at the United States Institute of Peace, 2000-05-11
• Peterson appearing on theConnection at WBUR, Boston, Massachusetts
• On Jill Carroll's Kidnapping at The Christian Science Monitor