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'''Dexter Price Filkins''' (born May 24, 1961) is an American journalist known primarily for his coverage of the wars in [[Iraq War|Iraq]] and [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|Afghanistan]] for ''[[The New York Times]]''. He was a finalist for a [[Pulitzer Prize]] in 2002 for his dispatches from Afghanistan, and won a Pulitzer in 2009 as part of a team of ''Times'' reporters for their dispatches from [[Pakistan]] and Afghanistan. He has been called "the premier [[war correspondent|combat journalist]] of his generation".<ref>{{cite news |first=Philip |last= Bennett |author-link=Philip Bennett (Washington Post)|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/13/AR2009031304300.html |title=What We Don't Know About Iraq |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=10 October 2011}}</ref> He currently writes for ''[[The New Yorker]].''

Filkins received a B.A. in political science from the [[University of Florida]]  in 1983, and a [[Master of Philosophy]] in international relations from [[Oxford University]] (1984), where he was a student of [[St Antony's College]].<ref name="newyorker">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/dexter-filkins |title=Dexter Filkins |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |access-date=February 25, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/related-documents/spring_2007.pdf |title=St Antony's College Newsletter|publisher=[[St Antony's College]]|access-date=February 25, 2015 }}</ref>

Filkins's book, ''[[The Forever War (non-fiction book)|The Forever War]]'' (2008), chronicling his experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq, was a [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''New York Times'' best-seller]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2008-10-05/hardcover-nonfiction/list.html New York Times Bestsellers, Hardcover Nonfiction]</ref> ''The Forever War'' won the [[National Book Critics Circle Award]] for best nonfiction book of 2008,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/national_book_critics_circle_announces_award_winners4/ |title=National Book Critics Circle Announces Award Winners (2008) |access-date=2011-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721191559/http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/national_book_critics_circle_announces_award_winners4/ |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and was named one of the best nonfiction books of the year by, among others, ''The New York Times'',<ref>{{cite news |title=The 10 Best Books of 2008 |author=((Editors of ''The New York Times'')) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/books/review/10Best-t.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=May 30, 2011}}</ref> [[Amazon.com]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Best-2008-Books-Holidays-Seasonal/b?ie=UTF8&node=1239030011 |title=Best Books of 2008|publisher=[[Amazon.com]] |access-date=February 25, 2015 }}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'',<ref>{{cite news |title=Holiday Guide - Best Books of 2008 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/features/2008/holiday-guide/gifts/best-books-of-2008/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1855948_1864143_1864144,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228064308/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1855948_1864143_1864144,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 28, 2010 |magazine=Time |title=The Top 10 Everything Of 2008 }}</ref> and the ''[[Boston Globe]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Getting the goods - nonfiction: A guide to the most memorable titles of 2008, from entertaining to inspiring |first=Michael |last=Kenney |url=http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2008/12/07/getting_the_goods___nonfiction/ |newspaper=Boston Globe |access-date=May 30, 2011}}</ref>

Filkins has received two [[George Polk Awards]], given annually by [[Long Island University]] to honor contributions to journalistic integrity and investigative reporting. He was cited for his reports from the [[Second Battle of Fallujah|assault on Fallujah]], Iraq, in November 2004, when the [[Marine (military)|Marine]] company he travelled with lost a quarter of its men in eight days.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.liu.edu/About/News/Univ-Ctr-PR/Pre-2008/February/GP-Press-Release-Feb-2005|title=George Polk Awards for Journalism press release|access-date=November 22, 2006 |publisher=[[Long Island University]] }}</ref> In 2011, Filkins and ''The New York Times'' colleague [[Mark Mazzetti]] won for their reporting on Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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* {{cite journal |author=Filkins, Dexter |title=The fall of the warrior king |department=Magazine |journal=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/23/magazine/the-fall-of-the-warrior-king.html <!--access-date=2015-10-15-->}}

* {{cite journal |author=Filkins, Dexter |author-mask=1 |title=Where Plan A left Ahmad Chalabi |department=Magazine |journal=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/magazine/05CHALABI.html <!--access-date=2015-10-15-->}}

* {{cite journal|author=Filkins, Dexter |author-mask= 1| title=Regrets Only? |journal=[[The New York Times Magazine]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/magazine/05CHALABI.html |access-date=2015-10-15}}

* {{cite magazine |author=Filkins, Dexter |author-mask=1 |title=The Shrine Down The Hall|magazine=[[The New York Times Magazine]] |pages=34–47}}

* {{cite journal |author=Filkins, Dexter |author-mask=1 |title=The journalist and the spies |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/09/19/the-journalist-and-the-spies |journal=The New Yorker}}

* {{cite journal |author=Filkins, Dexter |author-mask= 1|title=After America: Will civil war hit Afghanistan when the U.S. leaves? |department=A Reporter at Large |journal=The New Yorker |volume=88|issue=20 |pages=54–67 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/07/09/after-america-2 |access-date=2015-10-15}}

* {{cite journal |author=Filkins, Dexter |author-mask= 1|title=Atonement |department=A Reporter at Large |journal=The New Yorker |volume=88 |issue=34 |page=92 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/10/29/atonement |access-date=2015-10-15}}

* {{cite journal |author=Filkins, Dexter |author-mask= 1|title=After Syria : if the Assad regime falls, can Hezbollah survive? |department=A Reporter at Large |journal=The New Yorker |volume=89 |issue=2 |pages=48–57 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/02/25/after-syria |access-date=2015-05-02}}

* {{cite journal |author=Filkins, Dexter |author-mask=1 |title=The thin red line : inside the White House debate over Syria |department=A Reporter at Large |journal=The New Yorker |volume=89 |issue=13 |pages=40–49 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/05/13/the-thin-red-line-2 <!--access-date=2016-05-10-->}}

* {{cite journal |author=Filkins, Dexter |author-mask=1 |title=The shadow commander : Qassem Suleimani is the Iranian operative who has been reshaping the Middle East. Now he's directing Assad's war in Syria |department=A Reporter at Large |journal=The New Yorker |volume=89 |issue=30 |pages=42–53 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/30/the-shadow-commander |access-date=2015-03-02}}

* {{cite journal |author=Filkins, Dexter |author-mask=1 |title=The Fight Of Their Lives|department=A Reporter at Large |journal=The New Yorker |volume=90|issue=29 |page=42|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/29/fight-lives|access-date=2015-10-15}}

* {{cite journal |author=Filkins, Dexter |author-mask=1 |title=Death of a prosecutor |department=A Reporter at Large |journal=The New Yorker |volume=91 |issue=20 |pages=38–51 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/death-of-a-prosecutor <!--|access-date=2015-07-13-->}}

* {{cite journal |author=Filkins, Dexter |author-mask=1 |title=A truce in Syria |department=The Talk of the Town. Comment |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=4 |pages=17–18 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/03/07/a-troubled-truce-in-syria <!--access-date=2017-01-16-->}}

* {{cite journal |author=Filkins, Dexter |author-mask=1 |title=Before the flood : a failing dam threatens millions of Iraqis |department=A Reporter at Large |journal=The New Yorker |volume=92 |issue=43 |pages=22–28 |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/02/a-bigger-problem-than-isis <!--access-date=2017-04-23-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "A bigger problem than ISIS?".</ref> [[Mosul Dam]].

* {{cite journal |author=Filkins, Dexter |author-mask=1 |title=Was There a Connection Between a Russian Bank and the Trump Campaign? A team of computer scientists sifted through records of unusual Web traffic in search of answers. |department=A Reporter at Large |journal=The New Yorker |volume=94 |issue=32 |pages=38–46 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/15/was-there-a-connection-between-a-russian-bank-and-the-trump-campaign |access-date=11 October 2018}}

* {{cite journal |author=Filkins, Dexter |author-mask=1 |title=The uncounted |department=Letter from Florida |journal=The New Yorker |volume=96 |issue=26 |pages=34–45 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/09/07/who-gets-to-vote-in-florida <!--|accessdate=2021-09-21-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "Who gets to vote in Florida?".</ref>

* {{cite journal |author=Filkins, Dexter |author-mask=1 |title=War with a human face : have rules to curb the cuelty of military force backfired? |department=The Critics. Books |journal=The New Yorker |volume=97 |issue=28 |pages=68–72 |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/13/did-making-the-rules-of-war-better-make-the-world-worse <!--|access-date=2022-12-19-->}}<ref group=lower-alpha>Online version is titled "Did making the rules of war better make the world worse?".</ref>