Skip to content

  • Love Thy Neighbor
    • About the Book
    • Order the Book
    • Excerpt One: The Journey Begins
    • Excerpt Two: A Checkpoint Arrest
    • Excerpt Three: Visiting the Camps
  • Crude World
    • About the Book
    • Order the Book
    • Q&A with Peter Maass
  • Projects
    • The Toppling
    • Reporting the Invasion of Iraq (Twitter)
    • Peter Handke (Twitter)
    • War Diaries
    • Blog Archive
  • About
    • Bio
    • Contact
    • Events
  • Articles
    • All Articles
    • Country/Region
      • Africa
      • Balkans
      • Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan
      • Korea
      • USA
    • Book Reviews
    • Film Criticism
    • Nobel Prize/Peter Handke
    • Oil
    • Politics
    • Surveillance and Privacy
    • Trump
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Email

Category: The Toppling

‘The Toppling’ Wins Mirror Award

Nice news—my New Yorker story about the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad has won the John M. Higgins Award for Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting, given out as one of the Mirror Awards by the ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on June 14, 2012November 29, 2020Format AsideCategories The Toppling

Toppling Dictators in the YouTube Age

Toppling Dictators in the YouTube Age

The world’s first icons, predating the era of mass reproduction, originated in times when it was at least theoretically possible to smash every painting of a religious figure or tear down every statue of a potentate. That’s no longer possible. As the uprisings in the Middle East show, the ubiquity ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on April 13, 2011January 9, 2021Categories The Toppling

Tahrir 2011, Firdos 2003

Tahrir 2011, Firdos 2003
Author Peter MaassPosted on February 9, 2011November 29, 2020Categories Photos, The Toppling

The Literature of 3/4

The Literature of 3/4

There are a number of books about 3/4, the Third Battalion Fourth Marines, which toppled the statue at Firdos Square. John Koopman, who was an embedded reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle, wrote McCoy’s ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on January 19, 2011January 9, 2021Categories Documents, McCoy, The Toppling

The Strategic Corporal at Firdos Square

If Leon Lambert, a 35-year old gunnery sergeant, hadn’t been at Firdos Square, the statue of Saddam Hussein probably wouldn’t have been toppled on April 9. It was Lambert who gave a sledgehammer and rope to a handful of Iraqis at the square, thereby triggering the process that led to the ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on January 15, 2011November 29, 2020Categories Documents, The Toppling

The Map to the Palestine Hotel

The Map to the Palestine Hotel

The Marines who were dispatched to the Palestine Hotel were given a grid coordinate for an area that was a square kilometer large but they did not know where the hotel was located in that area; the hotel was not marked on the map they used. The map is posted above. The red circle, which I placed on ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on January 14, 2011January 9, 2021Categories Documents, Palestine Hotel, The Toppling

Shelling the Palestine Hotel

On April 8, the day before Marines arrived at Firdos Square, an Army tank on the Al Jumhuriya Bridge fired a shell at the Palestine Hotel, killing two journalists and injuring three others. Those killings increased pressure on the Pentagon to secure the hotel, so that no further harm would come to ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on January 12, 2011November 29, 2020Categories Documents, Palestine Hotel, The Toppling

Being There

Being There

If you were at Firdos Square on April 9, 2003, you would end up in somebody’s picture. This photo was shot by Robert Nickelsberg of Time, and it shows Lt. Col. Bryan McCoy outside the Palestine Hotel, moments after he pulled up in his Humvee. McCoy is on the phone, and the guy on the ...  (Read more)

Author Peter MaassPosted on January 11, 2011January 9, 2021Categories McCoy, Photos, The Toppling

Inside the Palestine Hotel, 2

Inside the Palestine Hotel, 2

On the fifth anniversary of the invasion, New York Times reporter John Burns wrote about the precarious status of journalists at the Palestine Hotel, and how he felt when Marines arrived at Firdos Square.

Author Peter MaassPosted on January 8, 2011January 9, 2021Categories Documents, Palestine Hotel, The Toppling

CBS News Coverage of the Statue Falling

Lara Logan reports for CBS News on the statue being toppled.

Author Peter MaassPosted on January 7, 2011November 29, 2020Categories The Toppling, Video

Posts navigation

Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page

Articles

All Articles

Africa
Balkans
Book Reviews
Bosnia 1992-1993
Covid
Film Criticism
Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan
Korea
Murdochs/Fox News
Nobel Prize/Peter Handke
Oil
Politics
Surveillance and Privacy
Trump
USA
War Diaries

By Publication

Intercept
New Republic
New York Review of Books
New York Times
New Yorker
Outside
ProPublica
Slate
The Atlantic
Washington Post
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
  • Love Thy Neighbor
    • About the Book
    • Order the Book
    • Excerpt One: The Journey Begins
    • Excerpt Two: A Checkpoint Arrest
    • Excerpt Three: Visiting the Camps
  • Crude World
    • About the Book
    • Order the Book
    • Q&A with Peter Maass
  • Projects
    • The Toppling
    • Reporting the Invasion of Iraq (Twitter)
    • Peter Handke (Twitter)
    • War Diaries
    • Blog Archive
  • About
    • Bio
    • Contact
    • Events
  • Articles
    • All Articles
    • Country/Region
      • Africa
      • Balkans
      • Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan
      • Korea
      • USA
    • Book Reviews
    • Film Criticism
    • Nobel Prize/Peter Handke
    • Oil
    • Politics
    • Surveillance and Privacy
    • Trump
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Email
Copyright © Peter Maass. All rights reserved.