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Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow Publisher Comments "One of my favorite ideas is, never to keep an unnecessary soldier," Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1792. Neither Jefferson nor the other Founders could ever have envisioned the modern national security state, with its tens of thousands of "privateers"; its... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Sale - Hardcover 
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The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals by Jane Mayer Staff Pick Mayer offers a riveting account of the Bush administration's reaction to 9/11 and its war on terrorism and civil liberties. Gripping and appalling in equal measure, The Dark Side details how and why our country stooped to torture and unlawful wiretapping... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Blue Grit: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians by Laura Flanders Publisher Comments A searing attack on the Democrats from one of today's most engaging political voices, and an incisive strategy for victory over the Republican party Air America Radio host, Laura Flanders, the best-selling author of "Bushwomen," believes there are no... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $3.25 Sale - Hardcover
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American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies That the Government Tells Us by Jesse Ventura Publisher Comments In this explosive account of wrongful acts and on-going cover-ups, Jesse Ventura takes a systematic look at the wide gap between what the American government knows and what it reveals to the American people. For too long, we the people have sat by and... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Give Me Liberty: A Handbook for American Revolutionaries by Naomi Wolf Staff Pick In Give Me Liberty, author Naomi Wolf follows up her 2007 must-read The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot with a handbook designed to teach each of us how to take back our democracy. As we citizens yield more of our rights to a... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics by Joe Biden Publisher Comments "Nearly forty years after I first got involved, I remain captivated by the possibilities of politics and public service. In fact, I believe that my chosen profession is a noble calling. That's why I wanted to be a part of it." — Joe Biden As a... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Obama: From Promise to Power by David Mendell Publisher Comments Barack Obama is arguably the most dynamic political figure to grace the American stage since John F. Kennedy. His meteoric rise from promise to power has stunned even the cynics and inspired a legion of devout followers. For anyone who wants to know... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Michelle: A Biography by Liza Mundy Publisher Comments She can be funny and sharp-tongued, warm and blunt, empathic and demanding. Who is the woman Barack Obama calls "the boss"? In Michelle, Washington Post writer Liza Mundy paints a revealing and intimate portrait, taking us inside the marriage of the most... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Right Moment: Ronald Reagan's First Victory and the Decisive Turning Point in American Politics by Matthew Dallek Publisher Comments Ronald Reagan's first great victory in the 1966 California governor's race is one of the pivotal stories of American political history, a victory that seemed to come from nowhere and has long since confounded his critics. Just four years earlier Governor... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Peace Mom: A Mother's Journey Through Heartache to Activism by Cindy Sheehan Publisher Comments "Writing this book is the second most difficult thing I have ever done, next to burying Casey." On April 4, 2004, Cindy Sheehan learned that Casey, the eldest of her four children, had been killed in Iraq, where he was serving in the United States... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Hardcover
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What It Means to Be a Democrat by George Mcgovern Publisher Comments A call to arms by the former presidential candidate that combines personal anecdotes and cultural critiques to remind liberals of their ideological compass and restore confidence. George McGovern has been a leading figure of the Democratic Party for... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Of Paradise and Power: America and Europe in the New World Order by Robert Kagan Publisher Comments At a time when relations between the United States and Europe are at their lowest ebb since World War II, this brief but cogent book is essential reading. Robert Kagan, a leading scholar of American foreign policy, forces both sides to see themselves... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the Twenty-First Century by P W Singer Publisher Comments "riveting and comprehensive, encompassing every aspect of the rise of military robotics." --Financial Times In Wired for War, P. W. Singer explores the greatand#173;est revolution in military affairs since the atom bomb: the dawn of robotic warfare. We... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Progressive's Guide to Raising Hell: How to Win Grassroots Campaigns, Pass Ballot Box Laws, and Get the Change We Voted For-- A Direct Democracy T by Jamie Court Publisher Comments Change is no simple matter in American politics-a fact that Americans have recently learned well. Elections rarely produce the change they promise. After the vote, power vacuums fill with familiar values, if not faces. Promises give way to fiscal... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Statecraft: And How to Restore America's Standing in the World by Dennis Ross Publisher Comments In this wise and thought-provoking book, the renowned peace negotiator Dennis Ross shows that Americas current foreign policy problems stem from the Bush administrations inability to use the tools of statecraft to advance our national interests. Ross... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Untied States of America: Polarization, Fracturing, and Our Future by Juan Enriquez Publisher Comments Can a country be like a marriage that has run out of cash and steam, resulting in the inevitable frank discussions about just who is pulling his or her own weight? Eventually, even those who love each other sometimes conclude they cannot stay together... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.25 Sale - Hardcover
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Second Chance: Three Presidents and the Crisis of American Superpower by Zbigniew Brzezinski Publisher Comments Former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski offers a reasoned but unsparing assessment of the last three presidential administrations foreign policy. Though they cover less than two decades, these three administrations span a vitally important... (read more) List Price $15.25 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception by Scott McClellan Publisher Comments Scott McClellan was one of a few Bush loyalists from Texas who became part of his inner circle of trusted advisers, and remained so during one of the most challenging and contentious periods of recent history. Drawn to Bush by his commitment to... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $4.75 Sale - Hardcover
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The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of the Nuclear Poor by William Langewiesche Publisher Comments In his shocking and revelatory new work, the celebrated journalist William Langewiesche investigates the burgeoning global threat of nuclear weapons production. This is the story of the inexorable drift of nuclear weapons technology from the hands of the... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $5.97 Sale - Hardcover
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War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism by Douglas J Feith Publisher Comments Of all the players in the planning and evolution of the Bush Administration's war on terrorism, few were more integral--or more controversial--than Douglas Feith, the chief strategist on Donald Rumsfeld's Pentagon policy team. Feith is the first inside... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $8.95 Sale - Hardcover
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