Thomas Lippman
{{short description|American journalist}}
{{For|the German politician|Thomas Lippmann}}
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|name = Thomas W. Lippman
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|birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1940}}
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|nationality = American
|known_for = Journalist with expertise in the Middle East
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|alma_mater = Columbia University (BA)
|occupation = Journalist, author
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Thomas W. Lippman is a journalist and author, specializing in the Middle East and Saudi Arabia–United States relations.{{cite web|url=http://www.mideasti.org/profile/thomas-lippman|title=Thomas W. Lippman|accessdate=December 15, 2013|publisher=Middle East Institute|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215125528/http://www.mideasti.org/profile/thomas-lippman|archivedate=December 15, 2013}}
Life
Lippman attended Regis High School in Manhattan{{Cite web |title=Regis High School — The Centennial Celebration |url=https://regis.org/2014/authors.cfm |access-date=February 9, 2023 |website=regis.org}} and earned his Bachelor of Arts from Columbia as a French major in 1961.{{Cite web|date=2019-10-23|title=Take Five with Tom Lippman '61|url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/latest/take-five/take-five-tom-lippman-61|access-date=2022-01-20|website=Columbia College Today|language=en}} Lippman spent more than 30 years with The Washington Post as a writer, editor and diplomatic correspondent,{{cite web|url=http://www.saudi-us-relations.org/newsletter/saudi-relations-interest-12-16.html|title=Thomas Lippman - "Inside The Mirage"|accessdate=December 2, 2008|date=December 16, 2003|publisher=The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations|archivedate=February 17, 2004|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040217021705/http://www.saudi-us-relations.org/newsletter/saudi-relations-interest-12-16.html}} also serving as the Middle East bureau chief for the Post.{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/thinktank/show_1173.html|title=The Saudi-American Alliance, Part One|accessdate=December 2, 2008|date=January 6, 2006|publisher=Public Broadcasting Service}}
Lippman currently serves as an adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute.{{cite web|url=http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/whats_on/pritzker-military-presents/thomas-lippman-hero-crossing/|title=Thomas Lippman - Hero of the Crossing - Pritzker Military Museum & Library - Chicago|website=www.pritzkermilitary.org}}
Books
- Get the Damn Story: Homer Bigart and the Great Age of American Newspapers. Georgetown University Press. 2023. ISBN 9781647122973.
- {{cite book | title =Crude Oil, Crude Money: Aristotle Onassis, Saudi Arabia and the CIA | date = 2019 | publisher = ABC-CLIO | isbn=9781440863943}}
- {{cite book | title =Hero of the Crossing: How Anwar Sadat and the 1973 War Changed the World | date= 2016| publisher = University of Nebraska Press | isbn = 978-1612347028}}
- {{cite book | title =Saudi Arabia on the Edge: The Uncertain Future of an American Ally | date = 2012 | publisher =Potomac Books | isbn = 978-1597976886}}
- {{cite book | title = Arabian Knight: Colonel Bill Eddy USMC and the Rise of American Power in the Middle East | date= 2008 | publisher = Selwa Press | isbn=978-0970115720}}
- {{cite book | title = Inside the Mirage: America's Fragile Partnership with Saudi Arabia | date= 2004 | publisher = Basic Books | isbn=0813340527}}
- {{cite book | title = Madeleine Albright and the New American Diplomacy | date= 2000 | publisher = Basic Books | isbn= 0813397677}}
- {{cite book | title = Egypt After Nasser: Sadat, Peace, and the Mirage of Prosperity | date= 1989 | publisher = Paragon House | isbn= 1557780412}}
- {{cite book | title = Understanding Islam: An Introduction to the Muslim World | date= 1995 | publisher = Penguin Putnam | isbn = 9780452011601 }}
- {{cite book | title = Islam: Politics and Religion in the Muslim World | date= 1982 | publisher = Foreign Policy Association | isbn = 9780871240750}}
- {{cite book | title = The Washington Post Deskbook on Style | publisher = McGraw Hill | date= 1989 | isbn = 9780070683976 }}
References
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External links
- {{C-SPAN|16205}}
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Category:American male journalists
Category:Journalists from New York City
Category:The Washington Post people
Category:Columbia College (New York) alumni
Category:Regis High School (New York City) alumni
Category:20th-century American journalists
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