Patrick TylerPatrick Tyler has spent 30 years as a journalist, dividing his time between Washington, and tours in the Middle East, China, Russia and Europe. As chief correspondent for the New York Times he reported from Baghdad in the lead up to the first Gulf Wa and covered the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 2003. His previous books include A Great Wall, Six Presidents and China and A World of Trouble. patricktyler.org Read More Read Less