Scott Anderson

The Quiet Americans is described by the New York Times as "a darkly entertaining tale about American espionage, set in an era when Washington's fear and skepticism about the agency resembles our climate today." At the end of World War II, the United States dominated the world militarily, economically, and in moral standing, seen as the victor over tyranny and...

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR NONFICTION • KIRKUS PRIZE WINNER • From the author of the landmark bestseller Lawrence in Arabia comes a stunningly revelatory narrative history of the Iranian Revolution, one of the most momentous events in modern times....

This exploration of the nature of war, history, evil and the impulse to national purity is a novel for our time - Observer When American photo-journalist Mark Walsh is wounded by an artillery shell in Kurdistan, he finds himself a patient in the Harir Cave - a primitive local hospital where a man's future is decided by the random choice...

A spellbinding narrative history of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and its devastating consequences by the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NEW STATESMAN, ATLANTIC AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A brilliant tale of greed, paranoia and hubris... a good place to start for anyone seeking to understand the current crisis'...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia, comes a spellbinding narrative history of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and its devastating consequences. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'If you want to understand the turmoil in Gaza, Syria and beyond, the Iranian Revolution of 1979 is a good place to start.' - The Times 'Excellent' - Telegraph 'Brilliant' -...