Best nonfiction book on foreign affairs
Award Year: 1995
Award Name: The Cornelius Ryan Award 1995
Recipient: Roger Warner
Affiliation: Simon & Schuster
Honored Work: “Back Fire”
Roger Warner’s Back Fire is a compelling tale of Laos in the 1960s, an obscure sideshow of the Vietnam War. Warn- ዎ er marries journalism and history in ° : recounting the tangled saga of the “secret” CIA war in Laos. He orchestrates a fascinating cast of characters who were key players in an increasingly savage conflict. Freelance writer Warner rarely stoops to preaching, instead allowing the full complexity and moral ambiguities of this shadowy, violent episode to emerge from the story.
Citation for Excellence:
Philip Zelikow, Condoleezza Rice
Harvard University Press
“Germany Unified-and Europe Transformed: A Study in Statecraft”