Evan Thomas, author of "The War Lovers: Roosevelt, Lodge, Hearst and the Rush to Empire, 1898," is one of the most respected historians and journalists writing today. Two of his previous titles were New York Times bestsellers: Sea of Thunder and John Paul Jones. Evan Thomas was made editor at large of Newsweek in September 2006. He is the magazine’s lead writer on major news events and the author of more than a hundred cover stories. Thomas has won numerous journalism awards, including a National Magazine Award in 1998 for Newsweek’s coverage of the Monica Lewinsky scandal.