Afghanistan: Open Dialogue - Outpost Warfare and the Media

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Afghanistan: Open Dialogue - Outpost Warfare and the Media

Discussion co-led by former Army officer Erik Malmstrom and an embedded photojournalist Peter Van Agtmael.

Tuesday, March 9th 4 p.m. L150

Erik  is a first-year HKS/HBS  joint-degree student and an Army infantry officer who also writes for the NYTimes Homefires blog.  Peter is a photojournalist focusing on the consequences of America's wars at home and abroad.  He has embedded repeatedly with the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2006, including with Erik Malmstrom's platoon in 2007.

Below are links to some of Erik's work:

- All three NYTimes posts, with another coming out probably on Friday on The Hurt Locker: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/author/erik-malmstrom/

- Alumni mag 2400-word feature: http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/1108/feature2_1.html

- Post-Obama West Point speech analysis on nationally syndicated NPR show: http://www.hereandnow.org/2009/12/rundown-122-2/

- Local NPR interview last month: http://www.wgbh.org/programs/programdetail.cfm?programid=854

Below are links to some of Peter's work:

- One of Peter's recent photoessay, narrated by Michael Herr of 'Dispatches' fame: http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/essay/2nd-tour-hope-i-dont-die-0

- Op-Ed on Peter's book by Bob Herbert from NYT:  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/25/opinion/25herbert.html

- NYT photoessay on Peter's book:  http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/showcase-peter-van-agtmael-2nd-tour-hope-i-dont-die/

- NYT At War Blog postings by Peter:  http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/author/peter-van-agtmael/

- Peter's personal web site (which is incredible):  www.petervanagtmael.com