in Washington D.C., as a foreign editor and assistant managing editor for foreign news. In 1991 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary "for searching and prescient columns on events leading up to the Gulf War and on the political problems of Mikhail Gorbachev." Hoagland wrote the series of columns during the breakup of the Soviet Union; the winning series of stories are listed below. Gorbachev Feels The Heat, January 16, 1990 Iraq: Outlaw State, March 29, 1990 Soft on Saddam, April 10, 1990 Gorbachev's Choices...And a Soviet Food Crisis, April 23, 1990 Turning a Blind Eye to Baghdad, July 5, 1990 A Real Arab Awakening, August 16, 1990 ...And the Tale of a Transcript, September 17, 1990 A Quick Rewrite of History, October 7, 1990 Gorbachev's Nobel Lifeline, October 16, 1990 As Good a Snake-Oil Merchant as There Is, November 13, 1990 Awards 1971 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, "for his coverage of the struggle against apartheid in the Republic of South Africa." 1977 Overseas Press Club Award for Best Interpretation of Foreign Affairs, Daily Newspaper or Wire Service 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, "for searching and prescient columns on events leading up to the Gulf War and on the political problems of Mikhail Gorbachev." 1994 Eugene Meyer Career Achievement Award 2002 Cernobbio-Europa Prize by the editors of seven European newspapers for his international reporting 2017 South Carolina Hall of Fame, in recognition as a distinguished writer, by the University of South Carolina Quotes Regarding the War on Terror: "The United States is engaged in a shadow war that must now be the central priority for this president and his administration for every day of his term." -- The Washington Post, 2001 References External links 1940 births Living people People from Rock Hill, South Carolina Pulitzer Prize for Commentary winners Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting winners The Washington Post people Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni University of South Carolina alumni 20th-century American journalists American male journalists