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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,
    1912 : Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs -The Election that Changed the Country
    list: $25.95 - our price: $16.35
    by Simon & Schuster
    Hardcover (10 May, 2004)
    (5 reviews) 3.8 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: The Story Behind a Seminal Election: This is a great story. The election of 1912 was one of the few times since 1804 when the country was given the opportunity to debate its future.J

    50 Things You're Not Supposed to Know
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    by The Disinformation Company
    Paperback (01 November, 2003)
    (7 reviews) 4.29 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: This List is a Hit: Russ is kicking some serious butt these days, opening a veritable flag draped coffin full of worms for all the world to see,
    A Matter Of Character: Inside The White House Of George W. Bush
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    by Sentinel
    Hardcover (05 August, 2004)
    Editorial Review: George W. Bush is a direct and decisive man who is much nicer to his Secret Service agents than Bill Clinton was, according to author Ronald Kessler, and smarter than his critics believe him to be. A Matter of Character,

    A Nation Challenged: A Visual History of 9/11 and Its Aftermath
    list: $34.95
    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 National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat
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    by Stroud & Hall
    Hardcover (01 October, 2003)
    (176 reviews) 3.45 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: True conservatives: .What Zell Miller says about Democrats is true.What is missing, however, is the fact that the Republicans are no different.

    A Theory of Justice
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    by Belknap Press
    Paperback (01 September, 1999)
    (44 reviews) 3.64 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Just Read It: Surely, A Theory of Justice is among the most important and influential texts in contemporary philosophy. And it is,
    Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror
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    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 Wiley
    Hardcover (18 July, 2003)
    (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 Beyond Capitalism : Reclaiming our Wealth, Our Liberty, and Our Democrac
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    by Wiley
    Hardcover (08 October, 2004)

    America's Secret War: Inside the Hidden Worldwide Struggle Between America and Its
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    by Doubleday
    Hardcover (05 October, 2004)
    American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare
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    by Viking Books
    Hardcover (09 September, 2004)
    Editorial Review: More than a decade after presidential candidate Bill Clinton floated the idea of ending "welfare as we know it," the changes to the system have become so accepted and entrenched that it is difficult to remember the heated controversy surrounding the issue of reform.

    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 Introduction to Game Theory
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    by Oxford University Press
    Hardcover (01 August, 2003)
    (2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Great book! with some drawbacks.: Great book to teach a 1-semester game theory course to undergrads, but it lacks the calculus necessary for people who want to continue in the area or read technical papers with some sort of basic understanding.

    An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire
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    by South End Press
    Paperback (15 September, 2004)
    Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
    list: $17.95 - our price: $12.21
    by Vintage
    Paperback (12 February, 1966)
    (18 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A penetrating analysis of the American character: One reviewer below insists that this book, while excellent, is "dated." I find this an astonishing evaluation.

    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,

    Banking on Baghdad: Inside Iraq's 7,000-Year History of War, Profit, and Conflic
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    by John Wiley & Sons
    Hardcover (17 September, 2004)
    Basic Economics: A Citizens Guide to the Economy, Revised and Expanded
    list: $35.00 - our price: $22.05
    by Basic Books
    Hardcover (23 December, 2003)
    (84 reviews) 4.49 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: I wish I had this book in college... Invaluable!: "Economics is the study of the use of scarce resources which have alternative uses."

    Because He Could
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    by Regan Books
    Hardcover (12 October, 2004)
    Beyond Fear
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    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.

    Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News
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    by Regnery Publishing
    Hardcover (01 November, 2001)
    (783 reviews) 3.68 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: An Eloquent and Thought-Provoking Indictment: In his published memoir, Don Hewitt suggests that one of the primary reasons for the enduring success of CBS's "60 Minutes" is that everyone involved helps to tell a great "story."
    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)

    Blood, Class and Empire: The Enduring Anglo-American Relationship
    list: $14.95 - our price: $10.17
    by Nation Books
    Paperback (01 May, 2004)
    (8 reviews) 3.12 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Hitchens is a good bloke: Hitchens, with his wicked British sense of humor (you know, that great unfunny type of pompous intellectual humor) and his passion for all things American,
    Brainwashed : How Universities Indoctrinate America's Youth
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    by Nelson Current
    Hardcover (06 May, 2004)
    (119 reviews) 3.53 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A Good First Effort.: 'Brainwashed' is young Ben Shapiro's first book, and it shows.We have a sharp kid here, reasonably well read for an undergraduate student of a public school.

    Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President
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    by Regan Books
    Hardcover (15 June, 2004)
    (32 reviews) 3.34 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: BUY THIS BOOK --- THE TRUTH ABOUT BUSH: I had read this book before listening to the author interviewed by the ridiculously opinionated Michael Medved who must have written all the negative reviews on this site.
    Bushwhacked : Life in George W. Bush's America
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    by Random House
    Hardcover (23 September, 2003)
    (89 reviews) 4.34 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: She tried to warn us: With the publication of Shrub in early 2000, syndicated columnist Molly Ivins detailed George W. Bush’s privileged rise and disastrous reign as governor of Texas in the mid- to late &#

    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.
    Cain's Field : Faith, Fratricide, and Fear in the Middle East
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    by Free Press
    Hardcover (15 November, 2004)

    Can America Survive?: The Rage of the Left, the Truth, and What to Do About It
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    by New Beginnings
    Hardcover (15 July, 2004)
    (1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Unique and Interesting: Just picked this up over the weekend and have been thinking about its message all day. This is a quick and insightful read.
    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,

    Character : Profiles in Presidential Courage
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    by Rugged Land
    Hardcover (14 September, 2004)
    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,

    Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
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    by Berrett-Koehler Publishers
    Hardcover (09 November, 2004)
    Editorial Review: John Perkins started and stopped writing Confessions of an Economic Hit Man four times over 20 years. He says he was threatened and bribed in an effort to kill the project, but after 9/11 he finally decided to go through with this expose of his former professional life.
    Constitutional Chaos : What Happens When the Government Breaks Its Own Laws
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    by Nelson Current
    Hardcover (11 November, 2004)

    Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of
    list: $22.95 - our price: $16.06
    by New Society Publishers
    Paperback (01 October, 2004)
    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,

    Democracy in America
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    by Signet Book
    Mass Market Paperback (05 September, 2001)
    (22 reviews) 4.91 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Brilliant: De Tocqueville is every bit as brilliant and insightful as he has been said to be. The book is as relevant now as when written and is a must read for every american who is serious about understanding his country.
    Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism
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    by Penguin Books
    Hardcover (02 September, 2004)
    Editorial Review: n Democracy Matters, Cornel West's follow-up to 1993's Race Matters, the author's diagnosis of the state of modern American democracy is grim. The institution suffers, he says, from what he calls free market fundamentalism,

    DEN OF THIEVES
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    by Simon & Schuster
    Paperback (01 September, 1992)
    (46 reviews) 4.39 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Only 22 months?: Michael Milken served only 22 months of a 10-year sentence? Unbelievable! His time served surely doesn't send a message to those who consider the potential consequences of their criminal activities.
    Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate--The Essential
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    by Chelsea Green Publishing Company
    Paperback (15 September, 2004)
    Editorial Review: In the first of his three debates with George W. Bush, 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry argued against the war in Iraq not by directly condemning it but by citing the various ways in which airport and commercial shipping security had been jeopardized due to the war's sizable price tag.

    Dude, Where's My Country?
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    by Warner Books
    Hardcover (07 October, 2003)
    (873 reviews) 3.5 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: The people of the United States, according to author and filmmaker Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine, Stupid White Men), have been hoodwinked. Tricked, he says, by Republican lawmakers and their wealthy corporate pals who use a combination of concocted bogeymen and lies to stay rich and in control.
    Encyclopedia of Leadership
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    by SAGE Publications
    Hardcover (19 March, 2004)

    Europe's Last Summer : Who Started the Great War in 1914?
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    by Knopf
    Hardcover (23 March, 2004)
    (11 reviews) 3.73 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Redundant: It was with eager anticipation that I pre-ordered this volume. Dr. Fromkin's Pullitzer nominated A Peace To End All Peace is one of the best history books I have ever read.
    Exporting America : Why Corporate Greed Is Shipping American Jobs Overseas
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    by Warner Business Books
    Hardcover (30 August, 2004)

    Face the Nation : My Favorite Stories from the First 50 Years of the Award-Winning
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    by Simon & Schuster
    Hardcover (07 October, 2004)
    First Off the Tee: Presidential Hackers, Duffers, and Cheaters from Taft to Bush
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    by PublicAffairs
    Hardcover (15 April, 2003)
    (11 reviews) 4.36 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: the real deal: This book is superb and here's why: Because no matter what the form -- novel, poetry, essays, history -- a successful piece of writing must tell you something new.

    Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
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    by Vintage
    Paperback (05 February, 2002)
    (281 reviews) 4.1 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Early American politics: readable yet sophisticated history: This book shows the author?s unusual knack for sharpening one?s understanding of the circumstances,
    Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and
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    by Penguin Books
    Hardcover (25 March, 2004)
    (11 reviews) 4.18 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Ten million reasons why copyright should be reformed: Lawrence Lessig's "Free Culture" is nothing short of brilliant. It outlines an incredibly important modern problem that is lost under the noise of more pressing concerns like the war in Iraq or corporate scandals.

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