Mark Bowden | The Three Battles of Wanat: And Other True Stories
In conversation with Buzz Bissinger
New York Times bestselling author Mark Bowden is an award-winning national correspondent for The Atlantic and the author of numerous books of investigative journalism, including the classic of war reporting, Black Hawk Down. Floodlighting modern war with first-person accounts of the courage and brutality of battle, the book was a finalist for the National Book Award and was adapted into a major film. Bowden’s other books include Killing Pablo, winner of the Overseas Press Club’s Cornelius Ryan Award for book of the year; Guests of the Ayatollah, listed by Newsweek as one of “The 50 Books for Our Times,” and The Finish. His new collection features the best of his long-form pieces on war, as well as notable profiles, sports reporting, and essays on culture.
Buzz Bissinger is the bestselling author of A Prayer for the City, Friday Night Lights, Three Nights in August, and Father's Day: Across America with an Unusual Dad and His Extraordinary Son.
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