Meet Joseph R. L. Sterne

Joseph R. L. Sterne is himself a veteran reporter, not unfamiliar with war zones. His career at the Baltimore Sun spanned over four decades, as reporter, bureau chief in London and Bonn, a roving correspondent in sub-Saharan Africa, assistant bureau chief in Washington, D.C., and editorial page editor for a record twenty-five years. Sterne is also a Senior Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Policy Studies Institute. He has known personally all the wartime correspondents featured in the book.