Finalist: The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace with America's Military , by Dana Priest (W.W. Norton )
The Jury
The Jury
James Hoge(chair )
editor
K. Anthony Appiah
professor of philosophy
Elizabeth Taylor
author, literary editor and Sunday Magazine editor
Winners in General Nonfiction
2004 Prize Winners
Daniel Golden
For his compelling and meticulously documented stories on admission preferences given to the children of alumni and donors at American universities.
David Leeson and Cheryl Diaz Meyer
For their eloquent photographs depicting both the violence and poignancy of the war with Iraq.
Staff
For its compelling and comprehensive coverage of the massive wildfires that imperiled a populated region of southern California.