TOM MATTHEWS worked for three decades for "Newsweek, where he served as New York Bureau Chief, Senior Writer for National Affairs, Foreign Editor, Culture Editor, and Senior Editor for Special Projects, and won a National Magazine Award. For the past ten years he has written fiction and nonfiction works about soldiers and war: "Standing Fast, a "New York Times Notable Book; with Col. David Hackworth, the novel "The Price of Honor; "Hazardous Duty; and "Steel My Soldier'"s Hearts. Mathews lives in Sag Harbor, New York.