Best nonfiction book on international affairs
YEAR: 2003
AWARD NAME: The Cornelius Ryan Award 2003
RECIPIENT: Milt Bearden, James Risen
AFFILIATION: Random House
HONORED WORK: “The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA’s Final Showdown with the KGB”
Bearden and Risen have written a revealing and disturbing insider’s account of the final stages of the U.S.-U.S.S.R. intelligence wars. This collaboration between a veteran of the CIA and The New York Times’s national-security correspondent sheds new light on the life-and-death competition between Washington and the Kremlin as it played out against the backdrop of the Soviet empire’s collapse. It also offers timely insights into the value of and ongoing need for reliable intelligence data.
Citation:
Lynne Olson and Stanley Cloud
Alfred A. Knopf
A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron