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Charles Glass (born 1951) is an American-British author, journalist, and broadcaster specializing in the Middle East. He writes regularly for ''The Spectator'', was ''ABC News'' chief Middle East correspondent from 1983–93, and has worked as a correspondent for ''Newsweek'' and ''The Observer''. His work has appeared in newspapers and magazines, and on television networks, all over the world. Glass is the author of ''Tribes With Flags: A Dangerous Passage Through the Chaos of the Middle East'' (1991) and a collection of essays, ''Money for Old Rope: Disorderly Compositions'' (1992). A sequel to ''Tribes with Flags'', called ''The Tribes Triumphant'', was published by Harper Collins in June 2006. His book on the beginning of the American war in Iraq, ''The Northern Front'', was published in October 2006 by Saqi. His most recent book, ''Americans in Paris'' (Harper Collins), tells the story of the American citizens who chose to remain in Paris when the Germans occupied the city in 1940. He has received awards from the Overseas Press Club and the Commonwealth and George Foster Peabody Awards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.charlesglass.net/profile.html )〕 One of Glass's best known stories was his 1986 interview on the tarmac of Beirut Airport of the crew of TWA Flight 847 after the flight was hijacked. He broke the news that the hijackers had removed the hostages and had hidden them in the suburbs of Beirut, which caused the Reagan administration to abort a rescue attempt that would have failed and led to loss of life at the airport.〔 Glass himself made headlines in 1987, when he was taken hostage for 62 days in Lebanon by Shi'a militants. He describes the kidnapping and escape in his book, ''Tribes with Flags''. ==Personal life== Glass was born in Los Angeles on 23 January 1951, and holds dual US/UK citizenship. He was raised Roman Catholic. He earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Southern California (USC), then undertook graduate studies at the American University of Beirut. He lived in Beirut, Lebanon, for six years. He was married to Fiona Ross for seventeen years. He has three sons, one daughter and two stepdaughters and lives variously in France, Italy, Britain and Lebanon. His maternal grandmother was a Lebanese Maronite Catholic from Ehden, and his father's family emigrated from Ireland to Maryland in 1700.〔(Profile ), ew.com; accessed September 2, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Glass」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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