Best non-fiction book on international affairs
Award Year: 2024
Award Name: The Cornelius Ryan Award 2024
Recipient: Sune Engel Rasmussen
Affiliation: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Honored Work: “Twenty Years”
A deeply reported and even-handed account of the Afghanistan War’s impact on the lives of ordinary Afghans – rather than on diplomats, generals and politicians. This extremely well-written work is especially sensitive to the draconian results of the final Taliban victory on Afghanistan’s female population.
Link to the Winning Work:
Twenty Years: Hope, War, and the Betrayal of an Afghan Generation
Citation for Excellence:
Jason De León
Viking / Penguin Random House
“Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling”