Mark Bowden transported us to Mogadishu, Somalia, for a brutal 1993 battle targeting elite American forces in “Black Hawk Down” and to Teheran for an inside look at the 1979 Iran hostage ...

Mark Bowden is a contributing writer at The Atlantic. His many books include Black Hawk Down, Huế 1968, and The Finish: The Killing of Osama Bin Laden. His book Black Hawk Down, a finalist for ...

“Life Sentence: The Brief and Tragic Career of Baltimore’s Deadliest Gang Leader,” by Mark Bowden (Atlantic Monthly Press). Mark Bowden transported us to Mogadishu, Somalia, for a brutal ...

Mark Bowden transported us to Mogadishu, Somalia, for a brutal 1993 battle targeting elite American forces in "Black Hawk Down" and to Teheran for an inside look at the 1979 Iran hostage crisis in ...