Joshua Hammer

Joshua Hammer is a former Newsweek bureau chief and correspondent at large in Africa and the Middle East. His next book, the story of a colonial-era uprising in German Southwest Africa, will be published in 2010.
 (October 2009)

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October 22, 2009: Dictator Mugabe Makes a Comeback

October 8, 2009: The Price of Paradise

Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Grandin

May 14, 2009: Mad Dreams in the Amazon

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann

February 12, 2009: Will He Rule South Africa?

December 4, 2008: Iraq: Before & After, and Now

Waiting for an Ordinary Day: The Unraveling of Life in Iraq by Farnaz Fassihi

The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq by Bing West

October 23, 2008: The International Crooks Now in Power

McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld by Misha Glenny

Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible by Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun

August 14, 2008: Scandal in Africa

June 26, 2008: The Reign of Thuggery

December 20, 2007: In the Pit of Africa

When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa by Peter Godwin