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GWYNNE DYER has
worked as a freelance journalist, columnist, broadcaster and lecturer on
international affairs for more than 20 years, but he was originally
trained as an historian. Born in Newfoundland, he received degrees from
Canadian, American and British universities, finishing with a Ph.D. in
Military and Middle Eastern History from the University of London. He
served in three navies and held academic appointments at the Royal
Military Academy Sandhurst and Oxford University before launching his
twice-weekly column on international affairs, which is published by over
175 papers in some 45 countries.
His first television series,
the 7-part documentary 'War', was aired in 45 countries in the mid-80s.
One episode, 'The Profession of Arms', was nominated for an Academy
Award. His more recent television work includes the 1994 series 'The
Human Race', and 'Protection Force', a three-part series on peacekeepers
in Bosnia, both of which won Gemini awards. His award-winning radio
documentaries include 'The Gorbachev Revolution', a seven-part series
based on Dyer's experiences in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet
Union in 1987-90, and 'Millenium', a six-hour series on the
emerging global culture.
Dyer's major study "War", first published in the 1980s, was
completely revised and re-published in 2004. During this decade he has
also written a trio of more contemporary books dealing with the politics
and strategy of the post-9/11 world: 'Ignorant Armies' (2003), 'Future:
Tense' (2004), and 'The Mess They Made' (2006). The latter was also
published as 'After Iraq' in the US and the UK and as 'Nach Iraq und
Afghanistan' in Germany.
His most recent projects are a book and a radio series called
'Climate Wars', dealing with the geopolitics of climate change. They
have already been published and aired in some places, and will appear in
most other major markets in the course of 2009.
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