Thomas E. Ricks
Born in 1955
Thomas Edwin "Tom" Ricks is an accomplished American journalist and author specializing in defense topics.
Born in 1955, he has won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting with the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.
Ricks has written extensively on military operations worldwide and authored five books, including the bestselling "Fiasco" about the Iraq War.
He maintains a blog on ForeignPolicy.com and is affiliated with the Center for a New American Security.
Ricks frequently lectures to military audiences and serves on Harvard University's Senior Advisory Council for the Project on U.S. Civil-Military Relations.
His work combines firsthand reporting with in-depth analysis of military strategy and policy.
