DAVID AXE is a freelance war correspondent based in Columbia, South Carolina. Since 2005 he has reported from Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, East Timor, Somalia, Congo, and Chad, among other conflict zones. His work has appeared in hundreds of magazines and newspapers, including the "Washington Times", the "Village Voice", "Popular Mechanics", "Wired", "Popular Science", "Salon", and the "Columbia Journalism Review". Axe has appeared on BBC Radio, C-SPAN, and PBS, and is the author of several books, including the graphic novel "War Is Boring: Bored Stiff, Scared to Death in the World s Worst War