2000 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Winner and Nominees

Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing

Ted Conover

After he was denied access to report on Sing Sing, one of America’s most notorious high security jails, journalist Ted Conover applied to become a prison guard. As a rookie officer, or ‘newjack’, Conover spent a year in the unpredictable, intimidating and …

Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health

Laurie Garrett

Crucible of War

Fred Anderson

The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach

Alice Kaplan

Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War

Frances Fitzgerald