John F. Burns

Posts focused on the writing of the best war reporter of a generation. Includes the full text of articles written by John F. Burns for the New York Times as well as my own writings of appreciation and analysis.

  • When Irma was a child

    When Irma was a child

  • Integrity & John F. Burns

  • John F. Burns Reporting on the Imposition of Martial Law in Poland, December 1981 – June 1982

  • Blair’s Playing for the Home Team Now

  • Remembering the Sarajevan Cellist

  • No More John F. Burns Archive

  • The Importance of Clean Underwear

  • Tribunal Leader in Hussein’s Case Is Target of Plot – New York Times

  • Lawyer’s Slaying Raises Questions on Hussein Trial

  • Saddam Hussein Goes on Trial for Crimes Against Humanity – New York Times

  • Hussein Goes on Trial Wednesday, and Iraqis See a First Accounting – New York Times

  • Searching for John F. Burns

  • Dan Barry is Our Domestic John F. Burns

  • Ignoring U.S., Chalabi Pursues Attempt to Fire Hussein Judge – New York Times

  • If It’s Civil War, Do We Know It – Iraq

  • John F. Burns and Iraqi KPIs

  • Hussein Tribunal Shaken by Chalabi’s Bid to Replace Staff

  • Hussein Jousts With Iraqi Judge Over His Rights in a Court Hearing

  • First Case Against Hussein, Involving Killings in 1982, Is Sent to a Trial Court

  • 10 Sunnis Suffocate in Iraqi Police Custody