Blair Brysac

Karl Meyer holds a Ph.D. from Princeton and was a member of the New York Times editorial board following his tenure as a foreign correspondent and editorial writer for the Washington Post. He is emeritus editor of the World Policy Journal as well as the author or coauthor of eight previous books; two of which are with the coauthor of this book, Shareen Blair Brysac, a prize-winning documentary producer for CBS News and the author of one other book.