Aftermath: Following the Bloodshed of America's Wars in the Muslim World

Nir Rosen's Aftermath, an extraordinary feat of reporting, follows the contagious spread of radicalism and sectarian violence that the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the ensuing civil war have unleashed in the Muslim world.

Rosen — who the Weekly Standard once bitterly complained has "great access to the Baathists and jihadists who make up the Iraqi insurgency" — has spent nearly a decade among warriors and militants who have been challenging American power in the Muslim world. In Aftermath, he ...