Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War

Winner of the 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize
A Washington Post Book World Top Five Nonfiction Book of the Year
A Seattle Times Top Ten Best Book of the Year
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

In 2003, The Washington Post's Anthony Shadid went to war in Iraq, but not as an embedded journalist. Born and raised in Oklahoma, of Lebanese descent, Shadid, a fluent Arabic speaker, has spent the last three years dividing his time between Washington, D.C., and Baghdad. The only journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for his extraordinary coverage of Iraq, Shadid is also the only writer to describe the human story of ordinary Iraqis weathering the unexpected impact of America's invasion and occupation. Through the moving stories of individual Iraqis, Shadid shows how Saddam's downfall paved the way not just for hopes of democracy but also for the importation of jihad and the rise of a bloody insurgency. "A superb reporter's book," wrote Seymour Hersh; Night Draws Near is, according to Mark Danner, "essential."

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 09/05/2000
ISBN: 9780312426033
Pages: 507
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.20d

Review Citations: New York Times 08/06/2006 pg. 24
New York Review of Books 01/11/2007 pg. 36
Newsweek 07/13/2009 pg. 46