The Three Battles of Wanat
And Other True Stories
(Sprache: Englisch)
New York Times bestselling author Mark Bowden has had a prolific career as one of America's leading journalists. The Three Battles of Wanat and Other Stories gathers together many of his articles, previously published in The Atlantic and Vanity Fair among...
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New York Times bestselling author Mark Bowden has had a prolific career as one of America's leading journalists. The Three Battles of Wanat and Other Stories gathers together many of his articles, previously published in The Atlantic and Vanity Fair among others, to create a broad collection of some of Bowden's most notable pieces.
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Ranging from war journalism to crime stories to profiles on influential leaders to pieces on sports, gambling and the impending impact of supercomputers on the practice of medicine, this collection is Bowden at his best.Pieces that will appear in the collection include, "The Three Battles of Wanat", which tells the story of a bloody engagement in Afghanistan and the extraordinary years-long fallout within the US military, "The Drone Warrior," in which Bowden examines the strategic, legal and moral issues surrounding armed drones, and "The Case of the Vanishing Blonde," which first appeared in Vanity Fair and recounts the chilling story of a woman who went missing from a Florida hotel only to turn up near the Everglades, brutally beaten, raped and still alive.
Also included are profiles on a diverse range of notable and influential people such as Joe Biden, Kim Jong-un, Judy Clarke who is well known for defending America's worst serial killers and David Simon, the creator of the successful HBO series The Wire.
Autoren-Porträt von Mark Bowden
Bowden, MarkMark Bowden is the bestselling author of Killing Pablo (Atlantic 2002), Finders Keepers (Atlantic 2003), Guests of the Ayatollah (Atlantic 2006) and Black Hawk Down, which was made into a successful film by Ridley Scott. Guests of the Ayatollah is his latest book. He is a national correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Mark Bowden
- 2016, 496 Seiten, Maße: 16,2 x 23,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Atlantic Books
- ISBN-10: 1611855578
- ISBN-13: 9781611855579
- Erscheinungsdatum: 06.04.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
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Bowden's reporting here is a model of evenhandedness, giving equal weight and empathy... He usually writes with care and empathy, eschewing fashionable snark and take-down drama. Dallas Morning News
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