Mark Perry (author) explained

Mark Perry
Birth Date:1950
Death Date:August 8, 2021
Nationality:American
Education:Northwestern Military and Naval Academy
Alma Mater:Boston University
Genre:Non-fiction
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Mark Perry (1950 – 8 August 2021) was an American author specializing in military, intelligence, and foreign affairs analysis.[1] [2]

He authored nine books: Four Stars,[3] Eclipse: The Last Days of the CIA,[4] A Fire In Zion: Inside the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process,[5] Conceived in Liberty,[6] Lift Up Thy Voice,[7] Grant and Twain,[8] Partners In Command,[9] Talking To Terrorists,[10] and The Most Dangerous Man in America: The Making of Douglas MacArthur.[11]

Perry’s articles have been featured in a number of publications including The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Nation, Newsday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Christian Science Monitor, and The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio).

Background

Perry was a graduate of Northwestern Military and Naval Academy and of Boston University.

Career

Perry was the former co-Director of the Washington, D.C., London, and Beirut-based Conflicts Forum,[12] which specializes in engaging with Islamist movements in the Levant in dialogue with the West. Perry served as co-Director for over five years. A detailed five-part series on this experience was published by the Asia Times in March and in July 2006.[13] Perry served as an unofficial advisor to PLO Chairman and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat from 1989 to 2004.[14] [15]

Perry appeared on numerous national and international televised forums. He was a frequent guest commentator and expert on Al-Jazeera television, appeared regularly on CNN’s The International Hour and on Special Assignment. Perry’s work on the CIA’s program to destabilize the Saddam Hussein regime, originally published by Regardies magazine, was the basis for an award winning BBC Panorama production of “The Intelligence War Against Iraq”. His son, Cal Perry,[16] was a CNN Mideast correspondent and al-Jazeera's Jerusalem correspondent.

Perry’s books have met with critical acclaim from Kirkus Reviews, The Washington Post, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and many other publications. He has served as editor of Washington D.C.’s City Paper,[17] and The VVA Veteran, the largest circulation newspaper for veterans.[18] Perry was also Washington correspondent for The Palestine Report,[19] and was a senior fellow at the Jerusalem Media and Communications Center.[20]

Perry was a senior foreign policy analyst for Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF).[21] VVAF, an international humanitarian organization, co-founded the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.[22] Perry served as the political director for the VVAF’s Campaign for a Landmine Free World.

Perry served as a senior analyst at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.[23]

Israeli journalist Ehud Yaari described him as "veteran anti-Israel warrior".[24] [25]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Mills . Curt . Death Of An American Original: Mark Perry, 1950-2021 . The American Conservative . August 9, 2021 . 13 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Vlahos . Kelley Beaucar . RIP: Mark Perry, an extraordinary journalist in extraordinary times . Responsible Statecraft . 13 August 2021.
  3. Book: Kitfield, James . 978-0395429235 . Four Stars : The Inside Story of the Forty-Year Battle Between the Joint Chiefs of Staff and America's Civilian Leaders (9780395429235): Mark Perry: Books . September 9, 2009 .
  4. Book: 978-0756751807 . Eclipse: The Last Days of the CIA (9780756751807): Mark Perry: Books . September 9, 2009 . Perry . Mark .
  5. Book: Perry, Mark . 0688121713 . A Fire in Zion: The Israeli-Palestinian Search for Peace (9780688121716): Mark Perry: Books . 1994 .
  6. Book: Rains, Alice . 0140247971 . Conceived In Liberty: William Oates, Joshua Chamberlain, and the American Civil War (9780140247978): Mark Perry: Books . 1999 .
  7. Book: Washington, Booker T. . 0142001031 . Lift Up Thy Voice: The Grimke Family's Journey from Slaveholders to Civil Rights Leaders (9780142001035): Mark Perry: Books . December 2002 .
  8. Book: Hackett, David . 0679642730 . Grant and Twain: The Story of a Friendship That Changed America (9780679642732): Mark Perry: Books . 2004 .
  9. Web site: Partners In Command: Books . October 21, 2011.
  10. Book: Coleman, Isobel . 0465011179 . Talking to Terrorists: Why America Must Engage with its Enemies (9780465011179): Mark Perry: Books .
  11. Book: Perry, Mark . 978-0465013289 . The Most Dangerous Man in America: The Making of Douglas MacArthur . Basic Books . April 1, 2014 .
  12. Web site: Conflicts Forum . Conflicts Forum . October 21, 2011.
  13. Web site: Islamism Fascism Terrorism . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20110712172453/http://atimes.com/atimes/others/howtolose.html . unfit . July 12, 2011 . . September 11, 2001 . October 21, 2011 .
  14. Web site: Jonathan Neumann, "Our Defenders at the CIA". September 16, 2014.
  15. News: Experts: Strike may speed up nuclear plan. Ynet. 29 Sep 2012. ...Mark Perry, who served as the unofficial advisor of former Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat in 1989-2004 and presented the Palestinian stance in interviews to US television stations. .
  16. Web site: Mark Perry. Eisenhower Institute. 1 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140903061537/http://eisenhowerinstitute.org/events/past_events/2007_events/110607Mark_Perry.dot. September 3, 2014. dead.
  17. Web site: Shott . Chris . D.C. Arts, News, Food and Living . Washington City Paper . October 15, 2011 . October 21, 2011.
  18. Web site: The VVA Veteran . Vva.org . October 21, 2011.
  19. Web site: Palestine Report – Palestinian news in English . Palestinereport.ps . September 29, 2005 . October 21, 2011.
  20. Web site: Jerusalem Media and Communications Centre – Breaking News & Opinion on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict . JMCC.org . October 21, 2011.
  21. Web site: Message From Bobby Muller . Veterans For America . February 19, 2010 . October 21, 2011.
  22. Web site: International Campaign to Ban Landmines . ICBL . October 21, 2011.
  23. Web site: Mark Perry . Quincy Institute . 13 August 2021.
  24. Web site: Perry-tales in 'Foreign Policy'. The Times of Israel. September 16, 2014.
  25. News: Is Washington undermining Israel's campaign against Iran? - The Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail. September 16, 2014.

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