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    "A Problem from Hell" : America and the Age of Genocide
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    by Perennial
    Paperback (06 May, 2003)
    (140 reviews) 3.92 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Wonderful, Scholarly Look At Problem of Genocide!: In reading the introduction to this terrific book by Harvard professor Samantha Powers,
    9-11
    list: $8.95 - our price: $8.06
    by Seven Stories Press
    Paperback (October, 2001)
    (144 reviews) 3.88 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Excellent, and inappropriately reviewed: I really wonder if the Library Journal reviewer bothered to read the whole book, or just stopped when he found that Chomsky was departing from the post-9/11 unquestioning acceptance of the 'US vs.

    9/11: The Big Lie
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    by Continental Sales
    Paperback (01 August, 2002)
    (6 reviews) 3.67 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: This book IS "The Big Lie": A littany of distortions and fabrications, on par with Holocaust-denial. Think the USA provoked WW-II?
    A Call to Conscience : The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
    list: $42.98 - our price: $27.08
    by Time Warner Audiobooks
    Audio CD (01 January, 2001)
    (9 reviews) 4.22 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A Prophetic Voice of the 21st Century: An outstanding history of the Civil Rights movement through the most famous speeches of MLK.

    A Greater Freedom: Stories of Faith from Operation Iraqi Freedom
    list: $24.99 - our price: $15.74
    by Broadman & Holman Publishers
    Hardcover (01 April, 2004)
    (3 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Wonderful book, wonderful stories: I found this book while browsing in my local bookstore. It caught my attention, and I picked it up to thumb through the pages.
    A Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq
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    by Plume Books
    Paperback (03 June, 2003)
    (28 reviews) 3.43 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: 3 Reasons: Christopher Hitchens is generally regarded as one of the finest essayist of our time, a conclusion not hindered by this neat collection of lush essays laying out both the recent history of the Middle East and the reasons for our attack on Iraq.

    A Look over My Shoulder : A Life in the Central Intelligence Agency
    list: $35.00 - our price: $22.05
    by Random House
    Hardcover (08 April, 2003)
    (4 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Revealing: politics is personal, too: This book is not afraid to look at fundamental problems in the area of intelligence, which America today is finding amazingly similar to the problems that Richard Helms observed in Germany immediately after World War Two.
    A Nation Challenged: A Visual History of 9/11 and Its Aftermath
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    by The New York Times/Callaway
    Hardcover (August, 2002)
    (3 reviews) 4.67 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Provocative and honest: This collection of photos and essays was one of the few to come out in 2002 that did not smack of "we're in it for the money" opportunism.

    A Pretext for War : 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies
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    by Doubleday
    Hardcover (08 June, 2004)
    (27 reviews) 3.37 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: James Bamford builds his case against America's intelligence agencies from the ground up, which makes for devastating reading not only for his subjects, but for anyone concerned with the nation's security or simply smart use of taxpayer dollars.
    A World Challenged: Fighting Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century
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    by Brookings Institution Press
    Hardcover (01 February, 2004)

    Above Hallowed Ground: A Photographic Record of September 11, 2001
    list: $29.95 - our price: $18.87
    by Studio Books
    Hardcover (22 August, 2002)
    (6 reviews) 4.83 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Very detailed photos: If you live or used to live somewhere in the New York area, you might have a grim desire for a book that shows exactly how the WTC attacks affected specific shops,
    Absent Friends
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    by Delacorte Press
    Hardcover (28 September, 2004)
    Editorial Review: Lawrence Block was early out of the gates with a crime novel, Small Town, that drew its sweeping story from the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, U.S. terrorist attacks, only to be followed closely by John le Carr&#

    Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror
    list: $27.00 - our price: $17.01
    by Free Press
    Hardcover (22 March, 2004)
    (457 reviews) 3.81 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: Few political memoirs have made such a dramatic entrance as that by Richard A. Clarke. During the week of the initial publication of Against All Enemies, Clarke was featured on 60 Minutes, testified before the 9/11 commission,
    All the Shah's Men : An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror
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    by John Wiley & Sons
    Paperback (30 July, 2004)
    (56 reviews) 4.05 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: An excellent book, packed with information: I recommend this book to every person interested in the modern history of the Midde East and wondering why are there only extremists rising from the region.

    America Right Or Wrong: An Anatomy Of American Nationalism
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    by Oxford University Press
    Hardcover (30 September, 2004)
    America the Vulnerable: How Our Government Is Failing to Protect Us from Terroris
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    by HarperCollins
    Hardcover (20 July, 2004)
    Editorial Review: The most gripping portion of Stephen Flynn's examination of America's defense shortcomings in the war on terror arrives early. The entire second chapter imagines an elaborate but feasible dirty-bomb attack that brings the nation's transportation system to a halt and presents the President with two dreadful options: reopen borders closed by the emergency and risk further attack,

    America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy
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    by Brookings Institution Press
    Hardcover (October, 2003)
    (16 reviews) 4.06 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Surprisingly Thin Arguments: Daalder and Lindsay argue that George W. Bush has revolutionized U.S. foreign policy and that his revolution rests on two premises: the world is a dangerous place in which alliances and treaties hold back U.S
    America's Secret War: Inside the Hidden Worldwide Struggle Between America and Its
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    by Doubleday
    Hardcover (05 October, 2004)

    American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us
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    by Free Press
    Paperback (04 February, 2003)
    (30 reviews) 4.2 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: This is real, this is now, this is happening in America: Disturbing - nothing else can describe the sensation of a situation in which Muslim terrorist agitators scream for American blood and carnage,
    American Soldier
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    by ReganBooks
    Hardcover (03 August, 2004)
    Editorial Review: As Commander in Chief of the United States Central Command from July 2000 through July 2003, Tommy Franks led the American and Coalition forces to victory in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Unsurprisingly, the portions of American Soldier covering these wars are the most interesting because they combine military maneuvers,

    An Autumn of War : What America Learned from September 11 and the War on Terroris
    list: $12.00 - our price: $9.00
    by Anchor
    Paperback (13 August, 2002)
    (30 reviews) 4.03 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Essential reading.......: David Hanson provides great historical anecdotes throughout this book. Writing in a fresh and compelling way,
    An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror
    list: $25.95 - our price: $16.35
    by Random House
    Hardcover (30 December, 2003)
    (146 reviews) 2.66 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: Some observers see the global political landscape as a complex amalgam of divergent worldviews, shades of gray that usually move in harmony but sometimes collide with violent results. David Frum and Richard Perle,

    An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire
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    by South End Press
    Paperback (15 September, 2004)
    Anti-Americanism
    list: $25.95 - our price: $16.35
    by Encounter Books
    Hardcover (01 September, 2003)
    (30 reviews) 4.27 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A fascinating and eye-opening book: In this fascinating book, French author and Journalist Jean-Francois Revel looks at worldwide anti-Americanism in general,

    Arguing About War
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    by Yale University Press
    Hardcover (01 May, 2004)
    Armageddon : The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945
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    by Knopf
    Hardcover (16 November, 2004)

    Autobiography of Malcolm X
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    by Ballantine Books
    Mass Market Paperback (12 October, 1987)
    (214 reviews) 4.71 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: Malcolm X's searing memoir belongs on the small shelf of great autobiographies. The reasons are many: the blistering honesty with which he recounts his transformation from a bitter, self-destructive petty criminal into an articulate political activist,
    Beauty Beyond The Ashes: Choosing Hope After Crisis
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    by Howard Publishing Company
    Hardcover (11 November, 2004)

    Between War and Peace : Lessons from Afghanistan to Iraq
    list: $13.95 - our price: $11.16
    by Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Paperback (10 February, 2004)
    (5 reviews) 3.4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Wisdom and Foresight: Go back and read both of Hanson's books that sprung from 9/11. You will see how deeply this man understands historical trends.
    Beyond Baghdad: Postmodern War and Peace
    list: $22.95 - our price: $15.61
    by Stackpole Books
    Hardcover (01 October, 2003)
    (12 reviews) 3.83 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Brilliant - without reservation!: With this book Ralph Peters further establishes himself as the West's foremost strategist-philosopher.

    Beyond Fear
    list: $25.00 - our price: $20.00
    by Copernicus Books
    Hardcover (28 July, 2003)
    (32 reviews) 4.47 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Informative, Important, Entertaining, Indispensible: The central message of _Beyond Fear_ is that we need to change the way we, the average reader, think about security.
    Beyond Paradise And Power: Europe, America And The Future Of A Troubled Partnershi
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    by Routledge
    Paperback (01 October, 2004)

    Beyond Terror: Strategy in a Changing World
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    by Ralph Peters
    Hardcover (May, 2002)
    (20 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Terrific Book: Beyond Terror is a compilation of superb essays written by the most gifted military theorist of his generation. These essays predominantly examine the current terrorist threat.
    Beyond Tuesday Morning: Sequel to the Bestselling One Tuesday Morning
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    by Zondervan Publishing Company
    Paperback (01 January, 2005)

    Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program
    list: $14.95 - our price: $10.47
    by Delta
    Paperback (11 April, 2000)
    (76 reviews) 4.32 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Gripping and Chilling: Kanatjan Alibekov was in charge of Biopreparat, the Soviet Union's bioweapons factories. The Soviet's system that produced and stored the largest biological weapons stock pile the world has ever known.
    Blood and Oil : The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported
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    by Metropolitan Books
    Hardcover (10 September, 2004)

    Body of Secrets : Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency
    list: $15.95 - our price: $11.17
    by Anchor
    Paperback (30 April, 2002)
    (130 reviews) 3.92 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Still a Mixed Bag: I did a tour of duty some 30 years ago as a 'spook' with the Naval Security Group and have knowledge of some of the events and SIGINT (Signal Intelligence) processes Bamford writes about.
    Breakdown: How America's Intelligence Failures Led to September 11
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    by Regnery Publishing
    Hardcover (25 August, 2002)
    (30 reviews) 3.47 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Failure is not an option: Allow me to repeat that: failure is not an option - unless, presumably, you work in the CIA and your name is George Tenet.

    Bush at War
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    by Simon & Schuster
    Hardcover (19 November, 2002)
    (192 reviews) 3.48 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: Bush at War focuses on the three months following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, during which the U.S. prepared for war in Afghanistan, took steps toward a preemptive strike against Iraq, intensified homeland defense, and began a well-funded CIA covert war against terrorism around the world.
    Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk
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    by Putnam Publishing Group
    Hardcover (03 August, 2004)
    Editorial Review: If metaphors were cigarettes, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd would be a chain smoker. Through many years and countless columns spent chronicling the fall of George H.W. Bush and the ascension of George W.

    Can God & Caesar Coexist: Balancing Religious Freedom and International Law
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    by Yale University Press
    Hardcover (01 September, 2004)
    Censored 2005 : The Top 25 Censored Stories (Censored)
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    by Seven Stories Press
    Paperback (15 September, 2004)

    Chain of Command : The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib
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    by HarperCollins
    Hardcover (13 September, 2004)
    Editorial Review: Seymour Hersh has been a legendary investigative reporter since 1969 when he broke the My Lai story in Vietnam. His considerable skill and well-placed sources inside the government, intelligence community,
    Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in
    list: $26.00 - our price: $16.38
    by Atlantic Monthly Press
    Hardcover (April, 2003)
    (70 reviews) 4.2 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: The essence of what the CIA calls 'blowback': There are two books in here. The first is George Crile's masterful recounting of a buried episode in American history: how a relatively (and perhaps purposely) obscure Congressman from Lufkin,

    Civil Rights Chronicle (The African-American Struggle for Freedom)
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    by Publications International
    Hardcover (01 November, 2003)
    (2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Great Book!!: I highly recommend this book to teenagers because it tells you about a lot of things that you don't learn in the classroom.
    Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry (Cornell Studies
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    by Cornell University Press
    Paperback (31 March, 2004)
    (8 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: probably great: I have not read the book but the author was on a t.v. special called soldiers for hire. while mercenaries have some good purposes that the show adressed,

    Cover Up : What the Government Is Still Hiding About the War on Terror
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    by Regan Books
    Hardcover (07 September, 2004)
    Day Trade Futures Online (Wiley Online Trading for a Living)
    list: $35.00 - our price: $23.10
    by Wiley
    Hardcover (11 May, 2000)
    (16 reviews) 3.62 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: I wonder how I've traded without it!: I found this book to be one of the most practical and helpful works on the "nuts and bolts" of systems trading.

    Defeating Terrorism: Shaping the New Security Environment, Trade Edition
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    by McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
    Paperback (24 November, 2003)
    Deliver Us from Evil: Defeating Terrorism, Despotism, and Liberalism
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    by Regan Books
    Hardcover (17 February, 2004)
    (1590 reviews) 3.77 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Proof that Liberals are on the Wrong Side of History: I actually read the book, unlike the Liberals rating this book 1 star without reading even the inside dust jacket,

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