Mark Danner has written on politics and foreign policy for 25 years, focusing on war and conflict. He is Professor of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, and Henry R. Luce Professor of Human Rights, Democracy, and Journalism at Bard College.
Among many other subjects, Danner has covered Central America, Haiti, the Balkans, and Iraq and the Middle East. He is the author of The Massacre at El Mozote: A Parable of the Cold War; The Road to Illegitimacy; Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror; and The Secret Way to War: The Downing Street Memo and the Iraq War's Buried History, as well as forthcoming books on the former Yugoslavia and Haiti.
Danner has been a staff writer at The New Yorker and is a frequent contributor to New York Review of Books. His work has appeared in Harper's, The New York Times, Aperture, and many other newspapers and magazines. He has co-written and helped produce two hour-long documentaries for the ABC News program Peter Jennings Reporting. His work has received, among other honors, a National Magazine Award, three Overseas Press Awards, and an Emmy.
In 1999 Danner was named a MacArthur Fellow. He speaks and lectures widely on foreign policy and America's role in the world.
Mark Danner was a participant in the 2005 World Voices Festival.
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