Best magazine reporting from abroad
AWARD YEAR: 2005
AWARD NAME: The Ed Cunningham Award 2005 (shared)
RECIPIENT: Dexter Filkins (shared with Julian Barnes)
AFFILIATION: The New York Times Magazine
HONORED WORK: “The Fall of the Warrior King”
From the Bush Administration, certainties about Iraq have been un- relenting even as the war has festered. But on the ground, the U.S. military has confronted a world of uncertainty and moral ambiguity. Unprepared at first for the counter-insurgency war, officers and soldiers have had to improvise and adapt as the conflict hardened. In remarkable pieces from the front, Filkins and Barnes chronicle U.S. military personnel wrestling with how to maintain ethical standards, truthfulness, and discipline in a fight against a ruthless and shadowy enemy beset by no such qualms.
This award was shared with Julian Barnes. Click here to see that award page.
Citation for Excellence:
Thomas A. Bass
The New Yorker
“The Spy Who Loved Us”