Peter Beaumont (journalist)

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Peter Beaumont is a British journalist who is the foreign affairs editor of The Observer[https://www.theguardian.com/profile/peterbeaumont Peter Beaumont's contributor page] The Guardian as well as writing for its sister paper, The Guardian. He has covered wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Gaza and Kosovo.{{cite news|last1=Blitz|first1=James|title=The Secret Life of War (book review)|work=Financial Times|date=8 June 2009|id={{ProQuest|229249030}}}}

Beaumont is the author of The Secret Life of War – Journeys Through Modern Conflict (2009), a memoir of his life as a foreign correspondent working in war zones.

He was played by Matthew Goode in the film Official Secrets (2019).