 He has been a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize and a winner of a George Polk Award and two Overseas Press Club Awards.The book made the "New York Times Book Review" list of "10 Best Books of 2008" as chosen by the paper's editors, and was awarded the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award in General Nonfiction.It was named one of the best nonfiction books of the year by among others The New York Times, Amazon.com, "The Washington Post", "Time" magazine and the "Boston Globe".