Peraino,+Kevin

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Veteran foreign correspondent turned historian Kevin Peraino is the author of //Lincoln in the World: The Making of a Statesman and the Dawn of American Power//, published in 2013. The book is an exploration of Lincoln’s foreign policy prowess. His second book, //A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China, 1949//, is due out in September 2017. In it, he explores the Truman administration's response to the rise of Communist forces in China under Mao Zedong.

Peraino was a journalist at //Newsweek// from 1999 to 2010, first as a foreign correspondent and then Middle East bureau chief, based in Jerusalem. He also covered the 2004 election for the magazine; his team won a National Magazine Award for their coverage. His work has appeared in many publications, including //Foreign Policy// and //The Wall Street Journal//. Peraino has also appeared as a guest on many TV news programs. Additionally, he is a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations and a visiting scholar at NYU’s International Relations department.

Peraino was raised in Ridgefield, graduating from Ridgefield High School in 1994. He said he remembered the town “as an ‘open-minded, outward looking, cosmopolitan place’ that piqued his interest in the wider world” (as reported in the //Ridgefield Press// in 2013, link below). Peraino graduated from Northwestern University. He is married to CBS News correspondent Reena Ninan.

Titles:
//A Force So Swift: Mao, Truman, and the Birth of Modern China//, September 2017 //Lincoln in the World: The Making of a Statesman and the Dawn of American Power//, 2013

Sources:
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Last Updated: July 18, 2017