▁foreign ▁affairs ▁and ▁politics , ▁writing ▁pieces ▁about ▁nuclear ▁weapons ▁and ▁about ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁the ▁Du val ier ▁dict ator ship ▁in ▁H ait i , ▁among ▁other ▁stories . ▁ ▁The ▁New ▁York er ▁and ▁El ▁Moz ote ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁D anner ▁joined ▁the ▁staff ▁of ▁The ▁New ▁York er ▁shortly ▁after ▁the ▁magazine ▁published ▁his ▁three - part ▁series ▁on ▁H ait i , ▁" A ▁Re porter ▁at ▁Lar ge : ▁Bey ond ▁the ▁Mountains ". ▁ ▁On ▁December ▁ 6 , ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁for ▁only ▁the ▁second ▁time ▁in ▁its ▁history , ▁The ▁New ▁York er ▁devoted ▁its ▁entire ▁issue ▁to ▁one ▁article , ▁D anner ' s ▁piece , ▁" The ▁Tr uth ▁of ▁El ▁Moz ote ", ▁an ▁investigation ▁into ▁the ▁El ▁Moz ote ▁mass acre ▁in ▁El ▁Salvador , ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁worst ▁at roc ities ▁in ▁modern ▁Latin ▁American ▁history . ▁The ▁Moz ote ▁article ▁became ▁the ▁basis ▁for ▁D anner ' s ▁first ▁book , ▁The ▁Mass acre ▁at ▁El ▁Moz ote : ▁A ▁Par able ▁of ▁the ▁Cold ▁War , ▁which ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁Book ▁Review ▁recognized ▁The ▁Mass acre ▁at ▁El ▁Moz ote ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁its ▁" Not able ▁Books ▁of ▁the ▁Year ." ▁ ▁The ▁B alk ans ▁and ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Review ▁of ▁Books ▁During ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 9 0 s ▁D anner ▁began