Penguin Speakers Bureau
Biography
Thomas E. Ricks is The Washington Post’s special military correspondent and a member of two Pulitzer Prize–winning teams for national reporting. In addition, he is a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and a contributing editor at Foreign Policy magazine. He is the author of The ...
Read moreThomas E. Ricks is The Washington Post’s special military correspondent and a member of two Pulitzer Prize–winning teams for national reporting. In addition, he is a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and a contributing editor at Foreign Policy magazine. He is the author of The Gamble, Fiasco, Making the Corps, and A Soldier’s Duty. Ricks lives in Washington, D.C.
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Speaking Topics
- The War in Iraq
- The War in Afghanistan
- The State of the U.S. Military Today
- Rumsfeld’s Pentagon
- The U.S. Military Since 9/11
- What Worries Today’s Generals
- The Military and the Media
Featured Book
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The Gamble
"This is contemporary history of a vivid and urgent sort." —Los Angeles Times 
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Media
- "Ricks: Afghanistan Could Turn Out Better Than Iraq"—NPR's Morning Edition
- Review of The Gamble—Los Angeles Times
- "The War in Iraq, Second in a Series"—The New York Times
- "Politics Collide With Iraq Realities"—The Washington Post
- "McCaffrey Paints Gloomy Picture of Iraq"—The Washington Post
- "The Best Defense"—Tom Ricks' blog on ForeignPolicy.com
- Tom Ricks discusses The Gamble on The Daily Show