"In addition to three extraordinary pieces on war, this book includes Bowden's incisive sports writing, think pieces, and a selection of fascinating profiles--from a piece on the world's youngest and most baffling dictator, Kim Jong-un, to features on newspaper scion Arthur Sulzberger and The Wire creator, David Simon"--Published in Atlantic Monthly.--Back jacket flap.

War. The three battles of Wanat ; The ploy ; The last ace ; The killing machines ; Jihadists in paradise --Profiles. Just Joe ; The inheritance ; The bright sun of Juche ; Defending the indefensible ; The angriest man in television ; The measured man --Sports. The silent treatment ; The hardest job in football ; The man who broke Atlantic City ; Attila's headset --Essays. The story behind the story ; The great guinea hen massacre ; Rebirth of the guineas ; Cry Wolfe ; Abraham Lincoln is an idiot ; Dumb kids' class ; Saddam on Saddam ; "Zero Dark Thirty" is not pro-torture.