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Dereliction of Duty by H. R. Mcmaster Publisher Comments "The war in Vietnam was not lost in the field, nor was it lost on the front pages of the New York Times or the college campuses. It was lost in Washington, D.C." - H. R. McMaster (from the Conclusion) Dereliction Of Duty is a stunning new analysis of how... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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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: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Diplomacy by Henry Kissinger Publisher Comments In a brilliant, controversial, and profoundly incisive book, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger explains the art of diplomacy and reveals why Americans have historically repudiated both the style and substance of diplomacy as it is practiced... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance (The American Empire Project) by Noam Chomsky Publisher Comments "Reading Chomsky today is sobering and instructive . . . He is a global phenomenon . . . perhaps the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet." -The New York Times Book Review An immediate national bestseller, Hegemony or Survival... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Terrorism and War (Seven Stories' Open Media Book) by Howard Zinn Publisher Comments Truth--as Zinn shows us in the interviews that make up Terrorism and War--has indeed been the first casualty of war, starting from the beginnings of American empire in the Spanish-American War. But war has many other casualties, he argues, including... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Power Politics by Arundhati Roy Publisher Comments Arundhati Roy, the author of The God of Small Things, explores the politics of writing and the price of "development" driven by profit. Roy challenges the idea that only "experts" can speak out on such urgent matters as nuclear war, the human costs of... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Rise To Globalism 8TH Edition by Stephen Ambrose Publisher Comments Incorporating the most recent scholarship, this eighth revised edition of "Rise to Globalism" now in paperback offers a concise and informative overview of the evolution of American foreign policy from 1938 to the present. Ambrose also wrote bestsellers "... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Descent Into Chaos: The U.S. and the Disaster in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid Publisher Comments After September 11th , Ahmed Rashid's crucial book Taliban introduced American readers to that now notorious regime. In this new work, he returns to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia to review the catastrophic aftermath of America's failed war on... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq by Stephen Kinzer Publisher Comments Detailed, passionate and convincing . . . with] the pace and grip of a good thriller.--Anatol Lieven, The New York Times Book Review Regime change did not begin with the administration of George W. Bush, but has been an integral part of U.S. foreign... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Prosperous Few and the Restless Many (Real Story Series) by Noam Chomsky Publisher Comments A short but amazingly wide-ranging state-of-the-world report by the man the New York Times calls "arguably the most important intellectual alive". From Bosnia to NAFTA (the proposed North American Free Trade Agreement), these three recent interviews... (read more) List Price $8.00 Your price: $1.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace by Aaron David Miller Publisher Comments For nearly twenty years, Aaron David Miller has played a central role in U.S. efforts to broker Arab-Israeli peace. His position as an advisor to presidents, secretaries of state, and national security advisors has given him a unique perspective on a... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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American Power and the New Mandarins: Historical and Political Essays by Noam Chomsky Publisher Comments Long out of print, this collection of seminal essays helped to establish Chomsky as a leading critic of United States foreign policy. With a new Foreword by the author of "A People's History of the United States, " this book is a renewed call for... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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America Between the Wars: From 11/9 to 9/11: The Misunderstood Years Between the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Start of the War on Terror by Chollet Chollet Publisher Comments On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall collapsed, taking the Cold War down with it. The next twelve years passed in a haze of self-congratulation, Republican confusion, and angst, and economic prosperity—until they ended abruptly with a stunning... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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On the Justice of Roosting Chickens: Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and Criminality by Ward Churchill Publisher Comments The United States has long been considered a deadly foe by the inhabitants of its ever-expanding "spheres of influence." In Reflections on the Justice of Roosting Chickens, Churchill examines the toll U.S. policies have taken on civilians around the... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Persian Puzzle (04 Edition) by Kenneth Pollack Publisher Comments In his highly influential book The Threatening Storm, bestselling author Kenneth Pollack both informed and defined the national debate about Iraq. Now, in The Persian Puzzle, published to coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Iran hostage... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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9-11 (Seven Stories' Open Media) by Noam Chomsky Publisher Comments In 9-11, Noam Chomsky comments on the September 11th attacks, the new war on terrorism, Osama bin Laden, U.S. involvement with Afghanistan, media control, and the long-term implications of America's military attacks abroad. Informed by his deep... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Nightingale's Song by Robert Timberg Publisher Comments Robert Timberg weaves together the lives of Annapolis graduates John McCain, James Webb, Oliver North, Robert McFarlane, and John Poindexter to reveal how the Vietnam War continues to haunt America. Casting all five men as metaphors for a legion of well... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A World of Trouble: The White House and the Middle East--From the Cold War to the War on Terror by Patrick Tyler Publisher Comments The White House and the Middle East—from the Cold War to the War on Terror The Middle East is the beginning and the end of U.S. foreign policy: events there influence our alliances, make or break presidencies, govern the price of oil, and draw... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Where to Invade Next by Stephen Elliott Publisher Comments "About ten days after 9/11, I went through the Pentagon and I saw Secretary Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz. I went downstairs just to say hello to some of the people on the Joint Staff who used to work for me, and one of the generals called me... (read more) List Price $15.25 Your price: $2.95 Used - Hardcover
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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: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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