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Kings, Presidents, Editors, and People with Tapeworms

November 4, 2019
Kings, Presidents, Editors, and People with Tapeworms
Kings, Presidents, Editors, and People with Tapeworms

Kings, Presidents, Editors, and People with Tapeworms

Doyle Hodges, Shane Mason, Rebecca Zimmerman, and Ryan Evans
November 4, 2019

“Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial ‘we.’” This line, often attributed to Mark Twain (it wasn’t him) speaks to the thorny feelings that writers associate with those who shape their prose. Now that the War on the Rocks editorial team has grown so much, we thought this was a good opportunity for you to get to know our Washington-based editors a bit better: Doyle Hodges, Shane Mason, and Rebecca Zimmerman. Oh, and you get to know podcast maestro Tre Hester a bit better too. This team combines career experience in the U.S. Navy, various think tanks, in the fields and headquarters of Afghanistan, to low-budget music tour vans. If you’re interested in their career trajectories, mentors who made a difference, how to be a civilian in a military dominated environment (or vice versa), the books and plays they love, hard-earned professional lessons, or just better knowing the people who wield the red pen, you’ll enjoy this one.

 

Image: Combined overlay from PXhere and U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Marcin Platek

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