Draft:Will Bardenwerper

Will Bardenwerper is a writer and journalist in the United States.

He graduated from Princeton where he majored in English. He wrote that he was working at a financial firm in Manhattan when 9/11 occurred in 2001. He served as an Airborne Ranger qualified infantry officer in the United States Army with deployments to Germany and Iraq.

He has a Master's Degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

A movie adaptation of his book about guarding Saddam Hussein during his last days is planned. A review in USA Today described the book as "a brief, but powerful, meditation on the meaning of evil and power." The book includes descriptions of Saddam's habits as observed by the 12 members of the 551st Military Police Company tasked with guarding him. The book and film project contrast the murderous tyrant who tortured people and committed mass murders with the grandfatherly and at times endearing prisoner they were tasked with caring for ahead of his execution.

Writings

Books

• The Prisoner in His Palace: Saddam Hussein, His American Guards, and What History Leaves Unsaid (2017)
• Homestand: Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America (2024)

Articles

• "Minor Threat; MLB puts the farm system out to pasture" Harpers October 2021
• "Will Bardenwerper: Maybe Steelers can unite us" August 14, 2021
• "Army Ranger School Is a Laboratory of Human Endurance" Outside
• "I thought I was taking care of my son during coronavirus. Turns out he was taking care of me." Colorado Sun Aptil 13, 2020
• "The Future of Journalism: War Stories; Can better journalism make Americans care more about the battles fought on their behalf?" Princeton Alumni Weekly December 29, 2019
• "Our Trump addiction, fed by junk news, is making us sick" The Hill May 2018
• "My Book Tour Stop at San Quentin" Newsweek October 2017
• "Caring for Saddam Hussein in the Months Before His Execution" Denver Post June 2017
• "Everything Has Changed, Except for the War Huffington Post June 2017
• "Marathon Training and Writing" Medium May 2017
• "Saddam Hussein's Death Was Supposed to Mark a "New Era" in Iraq; It Didn't Last Five Minutes" Washington Post December 2016
• "One Way We Can Repair Our Toxic, Partisan Politics? National Service" Washington Post July 2016
• "Few Things Bring Together Veterans and Civilians Like the Misery of CrossFit" Task & Purpose June 2016
• "How Patriotic Pageantry at Sporting Events Lost its Meaning" Washington Post November 2016
• "The Unlikely Scrum" The New York Times November 2008
• "Party Here, Sacrifice Over There" The New York Times October 2007
• "Iraq or the Mets: What's the Difference?" The New York Times September 2008
• "U.S. Soldiers at War: The Forgotten One Percent" Washington Post November 2011

External links

• Personal website