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Body of Secrets: Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency by James Bamford Publisher Comments The National Security Agency is the worlds most powerful, most far-reaching espionage. Now with a new afterword describing the security lapses that preceded the attacks of September 11, 2001, Body of Secrets takes us to the inner sanctum of Americas spy... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll Publisher Comments Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize The explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan With the publication of Ghost Wars, Steve Coll became not only a Pulitzer Prize winner, but also the expert on the rise of the Taliban, the... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire by Chalmers Johnson Publisher Comments Now with a new and up-to-date Introduction by the author, the bestselling account of the effect of American global policies, hailed as “brilliant and iconoclastic” (Los Angeles Times) The term “blowback,” invented by the CIA... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Oscar-Winning Screenwriters on Screenwriting: The Award-Winning Best in the Business Discuss Their Craft by Joel Engel Publisher Comments Hollywood?s most respected screenwriters tell intriguing and instructive tales of their successes, failures, aspirations and inspirations in the movie business. Academy Award?winning movies such as American Beauty, Shakespeare in Love, and Forrest... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude by Robert Baer Publisher Comments “Saudi Arabia is more and more an irrational state—a place that spawns global terrorism even as it succumbs to an ancient and deeply seated isolationism, a kingdom led by a royal family that can’t get out of the way of its own greed. Is... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Black Tulip: A Novel of War in Afghanistan by Milt Bearden Publisher Comments Set in the treacherous mountains of Afghanistan and the equally hazardous headquarters of the CIA Operations Directorate in Washington, The Black Tulip is a fast-paced thriller, based on real events, by the legendary spy who masterminded the plot to arm... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Traffic (Newmarket Shooting Script) by Stephen Gaghan Publisher Comments From a border policeman in Mexico caught in a web of corruption, to the conservative judge appointed by the President as the new anti-drug czar, to undercover DEA agents fighting a drug cartel, to the wife of a drug baron and the judge's drug-addicted... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History by George Crile Publisher Comments The untold story of a whiskey-swilling, skirt-chasing, scandal-prone congressman from Texas, and how he conspired with a rogue CIA operative to launch the biggest and most successful covert operation in U.S. history In a little over a decade, two... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic (American Empire Project) by Chalmers Johnson Publisher Comments "Impressive . . . a powerful indictment of U.S. military and foreign policy." -Los Angeles Times Book Review, front page In the years after the Soviet Union imploded, the United States was described first as the globe's "lone superpower," then as a... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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America the Vulnerable: How Our Government Is Failing to Protect Us from Terrorism by Stephen Flynn Publisher Comments In this powerful and urgently needed call to action, national security expert Stephen Flynn offers a startling portrait of the radical shortcomings in America's plan for homeland security. He describes a frightening scenario of what the next major... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $1.98 Used - Trade Paper
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See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism by Robert Baer Publisher Comments In his explosive New York Times bestseller, top CIA operative Robert Baer paints a chilling picture of how terrorism works on the inside and provides startling evidence of how Washington politics sabotaged the CIAs efforts to root out the worlds... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror by Richard A. Clarke Publisher Comments THE EXPLOSIVE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER With all-new excerpts from Richard Clarke's dramatic public testimony, and revealing corroboration from The 9/11 Commission Report From the 9/11 Commission Report: "On the day of the meeting [September 4, 2001... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror by Anonymous Publisher Comments Though U.S. leaders try to convince the world of their success in fighting al Qaeda, one anonymous member of the U.S. intelligence community would like to inform the public that we are, in fact, losing the war on terror. Further, until U.S. leaders... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Company: A Novel of the CIA by Robert Littell Publisher Comments This critically acclaimed blockbuster from internationally renowned novelist Robert Littell seamlessly weaves together history and fiction to create a multigenerational, wickedly nostalgic saga of the CIA—known as "the Company" to insiders. Racing... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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