Sandra Mackey (''née'' Sherman; September 13, 1937 – April 19, 2015) was an American writer on Middle Eastern culture and politics.
Early life and education
Mackey was born Sandra Sherman in
Oklahoma City
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, the daughter of funeral directors Velt Sherman Verna Richie Sherman.
Mackey first earned a bachelor's degree in history from the
University of Central Oklahoma
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, followed by an M.A. in International Affairs from the
University of Virginia
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.
Career
Mackey taught
political science
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at
Georgia State University
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. She served as a visiting scholar in the Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs at the
University of Virginia
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. Her writings appeared in such periodicals as the ''
Chicago Tribune
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'', ''
Los Angeles Times
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'', ''
The Wall Street Journal
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'', and ''
The Christian Science Monitor
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''.
In addition to appearing on ''
NPR
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'', ''
Nightline
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'', ''
ABC News with Peter Jennings'' and the
BBC, she served as a commentator on the first Gulf War for
CNN. Her book ''Lebanon: Death of a Nation'' was named to ''
The New York Times
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'' list of Notable Books of 1989.
Death
Mackey died on April 19, 2015, aged 77. She and her husband, Dan, had a son, Colin, who survives his mother.
Selected works
Books written by Sandra Mackey include:
* ''The Saudis: Inside the Desert Kingdom'', W. W. Norton and Co., New York, 1987; .
** Updated edition issued in 2002; pbk
* ''Lebanon: Death of a Nation'', W.W. Norton and Co., New York, 1989; .
* ''Passion and Politics: The Turbulent World of the Arabs'', Penguin Group, New York, 1992;
* ''The Iranians: Persia, Islam and the Soul of a Nation'', Penguin Group, New York, 1996;
* ''The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein'', W. W. Norton, New York, 2003;
* ''Lebanon: a House Divided'', W. W. Norton, New York, 2006;
* ''Mirror of the Arab World: Lebanon in Conflict'', W. W. Norton, New York, 2008;
See also
*
Iranian studies
Iranian studies ( fa, ايرانشناسی '), also referred to as Iranology and Iranistics, is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the research and study of the civilization, history, literature, art and culture of Iranian peoples. It ...
References
External links
*
Lecture at University of California Santa Barbara (introduction) ihc.ucsb.edu; accessed April 21, 2015.
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2015 deaths
1937 births
Writers from Oklahoma City
University of Virginia alumni
Georgia State University alumni
International relations scholars
Women political scientists
20th-century American writers
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American writers
21st-century American women writers
University of Central Oklahoma alumni