JONATHAN STEELE
Thursday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m.

Another journalist of great stature and duration (following Daniel Schorr on March 17), Jonathan Steele has written for the Guardian since 1965. Now senior foreign correspondent and a columnist on international affairs, he has seen much of what has happened in the world on his beat. In his new book, Defeat: Why the Americans and British Lost Iraq (Counterpoint), he writes of what he sees there: "For many years, it has been a remarkable experience to watch history unfold through Jonathan Steele's discerning eyes. Often a painful experience as well. Regrettably, this is true of his wrenching analysis of the suffering of Iraq—as always, with penetrating intelligence and deep knowledge, drawing on his own courageous reporting from Iraq and the region and genuine comprehension of the rich and complex historical background of the awful events taking place before our eyes, another chapter in the record of treachery, hypocrisy and cruelty." - Noam Chomsky.

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