Chris Hedges is a former foreign correspondent for The New York Times and a current affairs commentator. He spent two decades overseas including five years reporting on conflicts in Central America in the early 1980s. He also was in the Middle East for seven years, during which he covered the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the Gulf War. Over the course of his career, he realized that the costs of war extend far beyond the visible, eroding lives and corroding the moral fabric. He has dedicated his life to raising awareness about the effects of the conflicts fueled by the "unchecked, uncontrolled and unregulated" war industry in the U.S.