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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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Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army by Jeremy Scahill Staff Pick Enter the secretive world of the most powerful private army on the planet. Here Scahill exposes the disturbing story of Blackwater, a shadowy private company offering specialized military services for hire. A dark study of both the organization and the... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed--And Why It Still Matters by Andrew Gumbel Publisher Comments In the early morning of April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh drove into downtown Oklahoma City in a rented Ryder truck containing a deadly fertilizer bomb that he and his army buddy Terry Nichols had made the previous day. He parked in a handicapped-parking... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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Intel Wars: The Secret History of the Fight Against Terror by Matthew M Aid Publisher Comments The shock of the 9/11 attacks sent the American intelligence community into hyperactive growth. Five hundred billion dollars of spending in the Bush-Cheney years turned the U.S. spy network into a monster: 200,000-plus employees, stations in 170... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II by Arthur Herman Publisher Comments Remarkable as it may seem today, there once was a time when the president of the United States could pick up the phone and ask the president of General Motors to resign his position and take the reins of a great national enterprise. And the CEO would... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration by James Risen Publisher Comments With relentless media coverage, breathtaking events, and extraordinary congressional and independent investigations, it is hard to believe that we still might not know some of the most significant facts about the presidency of George W. Bush. Yet beneath... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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American Terrorist Timothy McVeigh & the Oklahoma City Bombing by Lou Michel and Dan Herbeck Synopsis Five years in the making, this volume is the definitive story of the worst act of terror in American history, including McVeigh's chilling exclusive account. Includes previously unpublished personal photos and artifacts from the McVeigh family collection.... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read by Jesse Ventura Publisher Comments The official spin on numerous government programs is flat-out bullsh*t, according to Jesse Ventura. In this incredible collection of actual government documents, Jesse Ventura, the ultimate non-partisan truth-seeker, proves it beyond any doubt. He... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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The CIA's Greatest Hits by Mark Zepezauer Synopsis The CIAs Greatest Hits details how the CIA: • hired top Nazi war criminals, shielded them from justice and learned—and used—their techniques • has been involved in assassinations, bombings, massacres, wars, death squads, drug... (read more) Your price: $12.00 New - Trade Paper
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63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read by Jesse Ventura Publisher Comments The official spin on numerous government programs is flat-out bullshit, according to Jesse Ventura. In this incredible collection of actual government documents, Ventura, the ultimate non- partisan truth-seeker, proves it beyond any doubt. He and Dick... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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A Covert Affair by Jennet Conant Publisher Comments By bestselling author Jennet Conant, a stunning account of Julia Child’s early life as a member of the OSS in the Far East during World War II, and the tumultuous years when she and Paul Child were caught up in the McCarthy witch hunt and behaved... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Terror Timeline: Year by Year, Day by Day, Minute by Minute: A Comprehensive Chronicle of the Road to 9/11 -- and America's Response by Paul Thompson Publisher Comments Paul Thompson's The Terror Timeline offers a complete and thorough history of the many roads that converged on 9/11, including the development of Islamic fundamentalism, the activities of bin Laden and al-Qaeda, and the failures of U.S. investigations... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Human Factor: Inside the CIA's Dysfunctional Intelligence Culture by Ishmael Jones Publisher Comments American Presidents make decisions on war unaware that the human source intelligence provided by the CIA is often false or nonexistent. From Harry Truman during the Korean War to George Bush during the War on Terror, modern Presidents have faced their... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Audacity of Greed: Free Markets, Corporate Thieves, and the Looting of America by Jonathan Tasini Publisher Comments Jonathan Tasini is one of the country's premier labor writers. Not just a reporter, he brings a wealth of firsthand, frontline, experience to every issue he tackles.--Barbara Ehrenreich This is must reading for anyone who wants to know how we got us into... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Agents of Repression: The FBI's Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement by Ward Churchill Publisher Comments A classic study of govenrment repression against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian Movement.... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Inside Job: Unmasking the 9-11 Conspiracies by Jim Marrs Publisher Comments Inside Job is the definitive journalistic account of the hidden role of the Bush Whitehouse in perpetrating the 9/11 attacks. Veteran journalist Jim Marrs weaves into his coverage the kind of relentless undercover research that long ago established him... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Nixon Administration and the Death of Allende's Chile: A Case of Assisted Suicide by Jonathan Haslam Publisher Comments In this revealing history of Allende's Chile, Haslam uncovers the actual involvement of Cuba, the Soviet Union, and the CIA in that country's struggle for political and economic stability.... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson Publisher Comments In 1979 a secret unit was established by the most gifted minds within the U.S. Army. Defying all known accepted military practice — and indeed, the laws of physics — they believed that a soldier could adopt a cloak of invisibility, pass cleanly... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Top Secret America (11 Edition) by Dana Priest Publisher Comments The top-secret world that the government created in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks has become so enormous, so unwieldy, and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs or exactly how many agencies duplicate... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Pentagon: A History by Steve Vogel Publisher Comments The creation of the Pentagon in seventeen whirlwind months during World War II is one of the great construction feats in American history, involving a tremendous mobilization of manpower, resources, and minds. In astonishingly short order, Brigadier... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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