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The only book I've read that is really like this is Palestine. It is also a book based on interviews. The drawings are more detailed, and it amazes me how someone can do such detailed drawings based on short interviews.

A somewhat similar work is Burma Chronicles. But in that case, it is more about the author's own experiences in Burma. And since it is his wife, not him, who is the aid worker, he mostly just sees domestic scenes.

Not based on interviews, but an interesting work of history reporting is CIA: Operation Ajax. I experienced it in the iPad application format, which adds sounds and some motion to the story, but I think it is also published in book form.

Then there is The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media which is about journalism itself.

Ed wrote: "The only book I've read that is really like this is Palestine. It is also a book based on interviews. The drawings are more detailed, and it amazes me how someone can do such detailed..."

These are great connections, Ed! How did you like The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media? It's been on my TBR list for awhile now.

Yes, I did enjoy "The Influencing Machine", but I don't have much else to say about it. I've largely forgotten it already. Re-reading some of the commentary by other reviewers here, I'm reminded that the main theme seems to be that we get the journalism that we "deserve" or rather journalism reflects what society is interested in rather than leading it. Others, though, say that the book has no coherent theme.

I don't know whether I got anything from it in an overall sense, but I enjoyed individual sections where I learned bits and pieces of history that I hadn't known.

Ed wrote: "Yes, I did enjoy "The Influencing Machine", but I don't have much else to say about it. I've largely forgotten it already."

I read so many books that that's usually my later recollection, too.

Still sounds interesting to me.

This list of graphic novels on world affairs might be a good resource for similar works. So far only a few people have voted, but there are some interesting things to explore.

Ed wrote: "This list of graphic novels on world affairs might be a good resource for similar works. So far only a few people have voted, but there are some interesting things to explore."

Oh, interesting!