New York Times reporter will talk about his new book, “The Fighters: Americans in Combat in Afghanistan and Iraq”

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Roger Williams UniversityDOCS@RWUFeatured News Story The Week at Roger11-6-2018Pulitzer Prize Winner C.J. Chivers Speaks at RWUon Nov. 13Edward FitzpatrickRoger Williams UniversityFollow this and additional works at: https://docs.rwu.edu/weekatroger_featured_newsPart of the Higher Education CommonsThis News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the The Week at Roger at DOCS@RWU. It has been accepted for inclusion in FeaturedNews Story by an authorized administrator of DOCS@RWU. For more information, please contact mwu@rwu.edu.Recommended CitationFitzpatrick, Edward, "Pulitzer Prize Winner C.J. Chivers Speaks at RWU on Nov. 13" (2018). Featured News Story. 307.https://docs.rwu.edu/weekatroger_featured_news/30711/13/2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner C.J. Chivers Speaks at RWU on Nov. 13 | Roger Williams Universityhttps://www.rwu.edu/newsnews-archive/pulitzer-prize-winner-cj-chivers-speaks-rwu-nov-13 1/2 HomePulitzer Prize Winner C.J. Chivers Speaks at RWU on Nov. 13New York Times reporter will talk about his new book, “The Fighters: Americans inCombat in Afghanistan and Iraq”November 6, 2018 By Edward FitzpatrickBRISTOL, R.I.  – C. J. Chivers, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter and former Marine infantry o cer, willspeak at Roger Williams University on Tuesday, Nov. 13, about his new book, The Fighters: Americans in Combat inAfghanistan and Iraq.Chivers, a Rhode Island resident who worked at The Providence Journal, won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in FeatureWriting for his New York Times Magazine story about a veteran su ering from PTSD who was jailed a er returningfrom the Afghan war. Based on Chivers’ work, the veteran was released from prison. In 2009, Chivers was part of ateam that won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for coverage from Afghanistan and Pakistan.“We are pleased that one of the country’s top war correspondents will be joining us on campus right a er VeteransDay,” RWU Interim President Andy Workman said. “C.J. Chivers honors our nation’s soldiers by telling their storieswith un inching honesty. His presentation o ers a great opportunity for members of RWU’s political science,journalism and ROTC programs, as well as the larger community.”The Fighters notes that 2.7 million Americans have served in Afghanistan or Iraq since late 2001, and nearly 7,000 ofthem have died. The book traces the lives of six service members over 17 years, o ering an unvarnished account ofmodern combat, its legacies and its e ects, from the viewpoint of combatants rather than senior o cers orpoliticians.“The pages that follow o er personal experiences over o cial narratives and slogans. They are a presentation of whatresults when ideas about war- ghting, some of them  awed, become orders,” Chivers wrote in the preface. “Grunts,as members of the infantry call themselves with grim pride, live beyond the end of the road. They do not make policy.They are stuck in it.”Chivers served as an infantry o cer in the U.S. Marine Corps in the Persian Gulf War and on peacekeeping dutyduring the Los Angeles riots. He is the author of a 2010 book titled The Gun.From 1995 until 1999, Chivers was a sta  writer at The Providence Journal, covering crime and politics, and was acontributor to several magazines, writing on wildlife, natural history and conservation. He graduated from CornellUniversity in 1988 and from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 1995. He also graduated fromseveral military schools, including the U.S. Army’s Ranger Course.11/13/2018 Pulitzer Prize Winner C.J. Chivers Speaks at RWU on Nov. 13 | Roger Williams Universityhttps://www.rwu.edu/newsnews-archive/pulitzer-prize-winner-cj-chivers-speaks-rwu-nov-13 2/2Chivers will speak at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Mary Te t White Cultural Center in the University Library on RWU’sBristol campus. A book signing will follow. The event is free and open to the public. No tickets are required.ACADEMICS

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