Thomas E. Ricks

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1. Bob Woodward

   Author of State of Denial, Plan of Attack, Bush at War

2. Thomas E. Ricks

   Author of Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008, Making the Corps

3. Ron Suskind

   Author of The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11, The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill, The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism

4. Neil Sheehan

   Author of A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam, A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon

5. David Halberstam

   Author of The Best and the Brightest, The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War

6. George Packer

   Author of The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq

7. Kevin Phillips

   Author of American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century, American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush

8. Michael R. Gordon

   Author of Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq

9. Steve Coll

   Author of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

10. Rick Atkinson

    Author of An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943, In the Company of Soldiers, Crusade; the Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War

11. W. E. B. Griffin

    Author of Call to Arms, Special Ops, Secret Honor

12. Rajiv Chandrasekaran

    Author of Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone

13. Mark Bowden

    Author of Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War, Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam

14. Lawrence Wright

    Author of The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

15. James Mann

    Author of Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet

16. Seymour M. Hersh

    Author of Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib

17. Jane Mayer

    Author of The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals

18. Frank Rich

    Author of The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina

19. Michael Isikoff

    Author of Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War

20. Michael F. Scheuer

    Author of Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror