Thanassis Cambanis is a journalist who has been writing about the Middle East for more than a decade. His first book, "A Privilege to Die: Inside Hezbollah s Legions and Their Endless War Against Israel, " was published in 2010. He writes The Internationalist column for "The Boston Globe" and is a correspondent for "The Atlantic". Thanassis regularly contributes to "The New York Times", " The Boston Globe", and other publications. He is a fellow at The Century Foundation in New York City. Thanassis lives in Beirut, Lebanon, with his wife, Anne Barnard, a reporter for "The New York Times", and