# Sandra Mackey > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sandra_Mackey > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sandra_Mackey.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Mackey > Source revision: 1289155726 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American academic}} {{Infobox person | name = Sandra Mackey | birth_name = Sandra Sherman | birth_date = September 13, 1937 | birth_place= [Oklahoma City](/source/Oklahoma_City), [Oklahoma](/source/Oklahoma), U.S. | death_date = {{dda|2015|4|19|1937|9|13}} | death_place= [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta), [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)), U.S. | spouse = Dan | children = 1 | alma_mater = [University of Central Oklahoma](/source/University_of_Central_Oklahoma) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))
[University of Virginia](/source/University_of_Virginia) ([MA](/source/Master_of_Arts)) | occupation = writer, commentator | notable_works = ''Lebanon: Death of a Nation'' }} '''Sandra Mackey''' (''née'' '''Sherman'''; September 13, 1937 – April 19, 2015) was an American writer on Middle Eastern culture and politics.{{cite news|title=Obituary: Sandra Mackey|url=http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Sandra-S.-Mackey-102396350|accessdate=July 6, 2017|work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|publisher=Tributes.com|date=April 20, 2015|language=en}} ==Early life and education== Mackey was born Sandra Sherman in [Oklahoma City](/source/Oklahoma_City), the daughter of funeral directors Velt Sherman Verna Richie Sherman.{{cite journal|title=Mackey, Sandra 1937-|journal=Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/mackey-sandra-1937|accessdate=6 July 2017|language=en}} Mackey first earned a bachelor's degree in history from the [University of Central Oklahoma](/source/University_of_Central_Oklahoma), followed by an M.A. in International Affairs from the [University of Virginia](/source/University_of_Virginia). ==Career== Mackey taught [political science](/source/political_science) at [Georgia State University](/source/Georgia_State_University). She served as a visiting scholar in the Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs at the [University of Virginia](/source/University_of_Virginia). Her writings appeared in such periodicals as the ''[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)'', ''[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)'', ''[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal)'', and ''[The Christian Science Monitor](/source/The_Christian_Science_Monitor)''. In addition to appearing on ''[NPR](/source/NPR)'', ''[Nightline](/source/Nightline_(US_news_program))'', ''[ABC News with Peter Jennings](/source/ABC_World_News_Tonight)'' and the [BBC](/source/BBC), she served as a commentator on the first Gulf War for [CNN](/source/CNN). Her book ''Lebanon: Death of a Nation'' was named to ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'' list of Notable Books of 1989. {{citation needed|date=April 2015}} ==Death== Mackey died on April 19, 2015, aged 77. She and her husband, Dan, had a son, Colin, who survives his mother.{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/20/us/sandra-mackey-obituary|title=Famed Middle East writer Sandra Mackey dies|last1=Griffiths|first1=Richard|last2=Yan|first2=Holly|date=April 20, 2015|work=CNN|access-date=April 21, 2015}} ==Selected works== {{external media| float = right| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?170827-1/sandra-mackey-the-reckoning-2002 ''Booknotes'' interview with Mackey on ''The Reckoning'', July 7, 2002], [C-SPAN](/source/C-SPAN)| video2 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?175970-1/the-reckoning Presentation by Mackey on ''The Reckoning'', April 1, 2003], [C-SPAN](/source/C-SPAN)}} Books written by Sandra Mackey include: * ''The Saudis: Inside the Desert Kingdom'', W. W. Norton and Co., New York, 1987; {{ISBN|0-395-41165-3}}. ** Updated edition issued in 2002; {{ISBN|0-393-32417-6}} pbk * ''Lebanon: Death of a Nation'', W.W. Norton and Co., New York, 1989; {{ISBN|0-393-32843-0}}. * ''Passion and Politics: The Turbulent World of the Arabs'', Penguin Group, New York, 1992; {{ISBN|0-525-93499-5}} * ''The Iranians: Persia, Islam and the Soul of a Nation'', Penguin Group, New York, 1996; {{ISBN|0-452-27563-6}} * ''The Reckoning: Iraq and the Legacy of Saddam Hussein'', W. W. Norton, New York, 2003; {{ISBN|0-393-32428-1}} * ''Lebanon: a House Divided'', W. W. Norton, New York, 2006; {{ISBN|0-393-32843-0}} * ''Mirror of the Arab World: Lebanon in Conflict'', W. W. Norton, New York, 2008; {{ISBN|978-0-393-06218-2}} ==See also== {{Portal|Biography|Saudi Arabia}} * [Iranian studies](/source/Iranian_studies) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{C-SPAN|1000506}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060903000520/http://www.ihc.ucsb.edu/events/event_files/past/_fall2002/mackey/index.shtml Lecture at University of California Santa Barbara (introduction)], ihc.ucsb.edu; accessed April 21, 2015. {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mackey, Sandra}} Category:2015 deaths Category:1937 births Category:Writers from Oklahoma City Category:University of Virginia alumni Category:Georgia State University alumni Category:International relations scholars Category:American women political scientists Category:20th-century American writers Category:20th-century American women writers Category:21st-century American writers Category:21st-century American women writers Category:University of Central Oklahoma alumni --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sandra Mackey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Mackey) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Mackey?action=history)). 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