Peter van buren biography

          Peter van Buren is a retired United States Foreign Service employee, and the author of two novels and two non-fiction books about military affairs....

          Van Buren speaks Japanese, Chinese Mandarin, and some Korean.

        1. Peter Van Buren returns with a deeply-researched anti-war novel, Hooper's War. Set in WWII Japan, Lieutenant Nate Hooper isn't sure he'll survive his war.
        2. Peter van Buren is a retired United States Foreign Service employee, and the author of two novels and two non-fiction books about military affairs.
        3. Van Buren holds a bachelor's degree in the biologic basis of behavior from the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated cum laude.
        4. Peter Van Buren has served with the Foreign Service for over 23 years.

          5. Peter van Buren

          American diplomat (born 1960)

          Peter van Buren (born 1960) is a retired United States Foreign Service employee, and the author of two novels and two non-fiction books about military affairs.

          Early life

          Peter van Buren was born in New York City.

          Career

          Van Buren served in the U.S. Department of State for 24 years, including a year in Iraq as a team leader for two Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs).[1]

          After his book, We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People, was published in 2012 Van Buren claims to have experienced a series of escalating, adverse actions.[2][3] According to his former employer, the U.

          S. State Department, van Buren had not properly cleared his book for publication under Department rules, and the book contained unauthorized disclosures of classified material.[4]The Washington Post noted that "Van Buren has tested the First Amendment almost d