On December 6 , 1993 , for only the second time in its history , '' The New Yorker '' devoted its entire issue to one article , Danner 's piece , " The Truth of El Mozote " , an investigation into the El Mozote massacre in El Salvador , thought to be one of the worst atrocities in modern Latin American history . The Mozote article became the basis for Danner 's first book , '' The Massacre at El Mozote : A Parable of the Cold War '' , which was published in 1994 . '' The New York Times Book Review '' recognized '' The Massacre at El Mozote '' as one of its " Notable Books of the Year . " During the mid-1990s Danner began reporting on the wars in the Balkans , writing a series of eleven extended articles for '' The New York Review of Books '' , which began with Danner 's cover piece , " The US and the Yugoslav Catastrophe " ( November 20 , 1997 ) and concluded with " Kosovo : The Meaning of Victory " , ( July 15 , 1999 )
El Mozote massacre
El Mozote massacre
Mark Danner