2000 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Winner
![Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580852357-59356-image-3.jpg)
Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing
Ted Conover
After he was denied access to report on Sing Sing, one of America’s most notorious high security jails, journalist Ted Conover applied to become a prison guard. As a rookie officer, or ‘newjack’, Conover spent a year in the unpredictable, intimidating and …
2000 National Book Critics Circle Award – General Nonfiction Shortlist
![Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580871710-719-image-3.jpg)
Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health
Laurie Garrett
![Crucible of War](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581030308-6338-image-3.jpg)
Crucible of War
Fred Anderson
![The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580866820-315-image-3.jpg)
The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach
Alice Kaplan
![Way Out There in the Blue: Reagan, Star Wars and the End of the Cold War](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580845123-58757-image-3.jpg)