Jon Lee Anderson bibliography

List of the published works by or about Jon Lee Anderson, American journalist.

Books

• Anderson, Scott; Anderson, Jon Lee (1986). Inside the League: The Shocking Exposé of How Terrorists, Nazis, and Latin American Death Squads Have Infiltrated the World Anti-Communist League. New York: Dodd, Mead.
• Anderson, Jon Lee; Anderson, Scott (1988). War zones. New York: Dodd, Mead.
• Anderson, Jon Lee (1992). Guerrillas : journeys in the insurgent world. New York: Times Books.
• — (1997). Che Guevara : a revolutionary life. New York: Grove Press.
• — (2002). The lion's grave : dispatches from Afghanistan. New York: Grove Press.
• — (2004). The Fall of Baghdad. New York: Penguin Press.
• — (2025). To Lose a War: The Fall and Rise of the Taliban. New York: Penguin Press.

Essays and reporting

• Anderson, Jon Lee (January 26, 1998). "The plague years". Havana Journal. The New Yorker. p. 62.
• — (September 27, 1999). "The Power of Gabriel García Márquez". The New Yorker. p. 56.
• — (December 11, 2000). "Letter from Baghdad: The Unvanquished". The New Yorker. p. 76.
• — (October 22, 2001). "Letter from Afghanistan: The Warlord". The New Yorker.
• — (June 10, 2002). "Letter from Kabul: The Assassins". The New Yorker. pp. 72–81.
• — (April 21, 2003). "Letter from Baghdad: The Collapse". The New Yorker. p. 70.
• — (November 15, 2004). "Letter from Baghdad: Out on the street". The New Yorker. p. 72.
• — (September 19, 2005). "Letter from New Orleans: Leaving Desire". The New Yorker. Conde Nast.
• — (July 31, 2006). "Letter from Cuba: Castro's Last Battle". The New Yorker. Conde Nast. p. 44.
• — (February 9, 2007). "Being Jalal Talabani, President of Iraq". The Guardian . Guardian News and Media Limited.
• — (July 9, 2007). "Letter from Afghanistan: The Taliban's Opium War". The New Yorker. p. 50.
• — (February 20, 2008). "Fidel's Slow Fade". LA Times . Tribune Company.
• — (October 27, 2008). "Letter from Zimbabwe: The Destroyer". The New Yorker. pp. 10–27.
• — (November 29, 2009). "It's like the Middle Ages… there's no purpose other than living another day". The Observer . Guardian News and Media Limited.
• — (December 14, 2009). "Letter from Mogadishu: The Most Failed State". The New Yorker. p. 64.
• — (August 16, 2010). "Letter from Tehran: After the Crackdown". The New Yorker. p. 62.
• — (April 4, 2011). "The Talk of the Town: Comment: Who Are the Rebels?". The New Yorker. Vol. 87, no. 7. pp. 21–22.
• — (May 16, 2011). "Letter from Khost Province: Force and Futility". The New Yorker. p. 96.
• — (September 1, 2011). "Pashean play". Guernica: A Magazine of Art and Politics.
• — (November 7, 2011). "King of Kings: the Last Days of Muammar Qaddafi". Letter from Libya. The New Yorker. Vol. 87, no. 35. pp. 44–57.
• — (January 28, 2013). "Slumlord : what has Hugo Chávez wrought in Venezuela?". Letter from Caracas. The New Yorker. Vol. 88, no. 45. pp. 40–51.
• — (July 1, 2013). "State of terror : what happened when an Al Qaeda affiliate ruled in Mali". Letter from Timbuktu. The New Yorker. Vol. 89, no. 19. pp. 36–47.
• — (October 21, 2013). "Private eyes : a crime novelist navigates Cuba's shifting reality". Letter from Havana. The New Yorker. Vol. 89, no. 33. pp. 60–71. Leonardo Padura Fuentes.
• — (October 20, 2014). "The Mission : a last defense against genocide". A Reporter at Large. The New Yorker. Vol. 90, no. 32. pp. 60–73.
• — (July 20, 2015). "Opening for business : a former Marielito positions himself as an entrepreneur in the new Cuba". Letter from Havana. The New Yorker. Vol. 91, no. 20. pp. 22–28. ^[1]
• — (February 1, 2016). "Aftershocks : is the earthquake-stricken country's flamboyant President a savior or a rogue?". Letter from Haiti. The New Yorker. Vol. 91, no. 46. pp. 30–37. Michel Martelly
• — (August 8–15, 2016). "The distant shore : in Peru, a killing brings an isolated tribe into contact with the outside world". A Reporter at Large. The New Yorker. Vol. 92, no. 24. pp. 40–51. ^[2]
• — (May 1, 2017). "Out of the jungle : after half a century of civil war, former guerillas seek a return to society". Letter from Colombia. The New Yorker. Vol. 93, no. 11. pp. 28–33. ^[3]
• — (August 17, 2020). "Wanderlust: Looking for trouble and musk oxen in Alaska". Personal History. The New Yorker. Vol. 96, no. 23. pp. 40–49.
• — (July 24, 2023). "A Land Held Hostage". Letter from Port-au-Prince. The New Yorker. Vol. 99, no. 21. pp. 42–53.
• — (January 15, 2024). "The Long Way". Personal History. The New Yorker. pp. 12–19.

Interviews

• "Questions for: Jon Lee Anderson". The New York Times . May 4, 1997.
• Smith, Martin (December 7, 2003). "Beyond Baghdad: Interview with Jon Lee Anderson". Frontline . PBS.
• Jon Lee Anderson: The Fall of Baghdad. Meet the Author (video). Meet the Author Ltd. 2004.
• Birnbaum, Robert (October 18, 2004). "Robert Birnbaum v. Jon Lee Anderson". The Morning News . The Morning News LLC.
• A talk with Jon Lee Anderson (mp3). Melbourne: La Trobe University. May 26, 2008.
• ""No veo a Colombia distinta a Afganistán": Jon Lee Anderson" [I do not see Colombia different from Afghanistan: Jon Lee Anderson]. Cambio (in Spanish). Colombia: Gabriel García Márquez. November 2, 2008.
• Aksan, Cihan; Bailes, Jon (May 2010). "On Che Guevara: An Interview with Jon Lee Anderson". State of Nature.
• "TehelkaTV interview on Che's Legacy and covering insurrections". February 2011.

Notes

1. Title in the online table of contents is "How to get rich in the new Cuba".
2. Online version is titled "An isolated tribe emerges from the rain forest".
3. Online version is titled "Colombia’s guerrillas come out of the jungle".