Mark Bowden

  • The face-off

    Mark Bowden's new book offers a gripping, suspenseful account of the Iran hostage crisis -- but almost no analysis of its larger meaning. Considering the mounting tension between the U.S. and Iran, that isn't good enough.
  • Did "Black Hawk Down" sell out?

    Actor Brendan Sexton III challenges Ridley Scott, Mark Bowden and the entire U.S. military from a little cafe in Brooklyn.
  • Are we victorious yet?

    With the al-Qaida network shattered but Osama bin Laden still at large, "Black Hawk Down" author Mark Bowden and other national security experts discuss when the U.S. will be able to declare victory over terrorism.
  • Uncle Sam, manhunter

    Two new books detail America's deadly pursuit of Manuel Noriega and Pablo Escobar.
  • Death of a drug lord

    In "Killing Pablo," Mark Bowden details the 16-month game of cat and mouse that finally took down Medellín cartel founder Pablo Escobar -- with the help of the U.S. government.
  • Bore no more

    Suddenly, Gore seems to be pulling off the impossible: Running both for and against the presidency.
  • Gore's stiff competition

    Republicans have zeroed in on the one thing the Democrats cannot defend: Clinton's slick willy.
  • Far-out

    The author of "Black Hawk Down" picks five great books about the U.S. space program.
  • Salon Book Awards

    Ten titles that kept us up all night in 1999
  • Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War

    Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
  • Cryptonomicon

    Cryptonomicon
  • Black Hawk Down

    Mark Schone reviews Mark Bowden's nonfiction book "Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War".

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