Andrew Cockburn (/kəʉkbɜːn/) is an Irish journalist who has lived in the United States for many years. He is the author of a number of books on defense and international affairs and contributes regularly to Counterpunch. Counterpunch is a biweekly newsletter published in the United States which covers politics from a left-wing point of view. ...

Cockburn was born in Scotland and grew up in County Cork, Ireland. His father was the well-known socialist author and journalist Claud Cockburn. Timeline of Scottish history Caledonia List of not fully sovereign nations Subdivisions of Scotland National parks (Scotland) Traditional music of Scotland Flower of Scotland Wars of Scottish Independence National Trust for Scotland Historic houses in Scotland Castles in Scotland Scottish sundial — the ancient renaissance sundials of Scotland. ... County Cork (Contae Chorcaí in Irish) is the most southwesterly and the largest of the modern counties of Ireland. ... Jump to: navigation, search The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... Patrick Claud Cockburn (pronounced coburn) (1904-1981) was a renowned radical British journalist, who was controversial for his Stalinist sympathies. ...

Cockburn has written about the Middle East for the New York Review of Books and coproduced 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. A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... The New York Review of Books (or NYRB) is a biweekly magazine on literature, culture, and current affairs published in New York which takes as its point of departure that the discussion of important books is itself an indispensable literary activity. ... PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. ...

Cockburn has two brothers, Alexander Cockburn and Patrick Cockburn who are also journalists. His daughter is The O.C. actress Olivia Wilde. Alexander Claud Cockburn (pronounced coburn) (born June 6, 1941) is a progressive Irish journalist who has lived and worked in the United States since 1973. ... Patrick Cockburn (pronounced coburn) is an Irish journalist who has been a Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times and the Independent since 1979. ... Jump to: navigation, search The O.C. ( stands for Orange County, California) is an American television dramedy/soap opera program broadcast on the Fox Network. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Olivia Wilde (born Olivia Cockburn, March 10, 1984) is an American actress who has starred on the short lived U.S. television show Skin. ...

Cockburn's most recent book is Out of the Ashes; The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein, written together with Patrick Cockburn.

Publications

• Cockburn, Andrew (w/Cockburn, Leslie) (1991). Dangerous Liaison: The Inside Story of the U.S.-Israeli Covert Relationship HarperCollins Publishers ISBN 0060164441
• Cockburn, Andrew (w/ Cockburn, Patrick) (1999). Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein HarperCollins Publishers Hc ISBN 0060192666

External links

• "Saddam's Last Act" (December 17, 2003)
• "Tired, Terrified, Trigger-Happy" (December 2, 2003)
• "Now the Blood Feud Begins" (July 26, 2003)
• "Should We Attack Iraq Because We Can?" (November 4, 2002)
• "Bono Betrays Ireland" ( August 11, 2002)