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1. Name: Andrew Cockburn
2. Title: Writer and lecturer on defense and national affairs, and is also the author of five nonfiction books.
3. Biography:

Andrew Cockburn is a writer and lecturer on defense and national affairs, and is also the author of five nonfiction books. He has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Playboy, Vanity Fair, and National Geographic, among other publications. He currently lives in Washington, D.C.

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.

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.

4. Involvement/Affiliations Regular contribituing author for National Geographic and Counterpunch
5. Education

Glenalmond College, Perthshire, and Worcester College, Oxford

6. Published works

• Rumsfeld: His Rise, Fall, and Catastrophic Legacy, 2007
 Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein, 1999
• One Point Safe, 1997
• Dangerous Liaison: The Inside Story of the U.S.-Israeli Covert Relationship, 1991
• The Threat: Inside the Soviet Military Regime,  1983

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