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Scott Anderson

Best Article World

None Dare Call it Conspiracy

Banned in Russia and cut by Condé Nast from the GQ website, this story (presented in full) details the intrigue behind the Moscow apartment bombings, blamed on Chechens, that allowed Putin to rapidly ascend to power.

Scott Anderson GQ Sep 2009 35min Permalink

The Martyrdom of Leonard Peltier

The unmaking of a legend.

Scott Anderson Outside Jul 1995 40min Permalink

Reprints World

None Dare Call It a Conspiracy

In 2009, Condé Nast allowed this story to appear in print but refused to publish it online or distribute it in Russia for fear of retribution. The story, which details the intrigue behind the Moscow apartment bombings that allowed Vladimir Putin’s rapid ascension to power, is reprinted on Longform courtesy of the author.

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Scott Anderson on the Longform Podcast

Scott Anderson GQ Sep 2009 35min Permalink

Best Article World

Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart

A full-issue length, 42,000-word history of the dissolution of the Middle East, from the invasion of Iraq 13 years ago until present.

Scott Anderson New York Times Magazine Aug 2016 15min Permalink

World

Life in the Valley of Death

The Srebrenica massacre, almost 20 years later.

Scott Anderson New York Times Magazine May 2014 30min Permalink

Crime

A Plea to Be Free

Greg Ousley killed his parents and has been locked up for nineteen years.

Is that enough?

Scott Anderson New York Times Magazine Jul 2012 15min Permalink

World

The Last Penal Colony

The island of Coiba off the coast of Panama is both a nature preserve and an open-air prison.

Scott Anderson Esquire May 2000 15min Permalink