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The Strongest Tribe
The Strongest Tribe
Written by Bing West
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780812978667
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The Strongest Tribe
War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
Written by Bing West


Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $17.00

In Iraq, the United States made mistake after mistake. Many Americans gave up on the war. Then two generals—David Petraeus and Raymond Odierno—displayed the leadership America expected. Bringing the reader from the White House to the fighting in the streets, combat journalist and bestselling author Bing West explains this astounding turnaround... Read more >
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A Path Out of the Desert
A Path Out of the Desert
Written by Kenneth Pollack
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780812976427
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A Path Out of the Desert
A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East
Written by Kenneth Pollack


Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: August 25, 2009
Price: $18.00

The greatest danger to America’s peace and prosperity, notes leading Middle East policy analyst Kenneth M. Pollack, lies in the political repression, economic stagnation, and cultural conflict running rampant in Arab and Muslim nations. Pollack asserts that we must continue to make the Middle East a priority in our policy, but... Read more >
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The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
Written by Hooman Majd
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780767928014
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The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
The Paradox of Modern Iran
Written by Hooman Majd


Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $14.95

A Los Angeles Times and Economist Best Book of the Year

With a New Preface

The grandson of an eminent ayatollah and the son of an Iranian diplomat, journalist Hooman Majd is uniquely qualified to explain contemporary Iran's complex and misunderstood culture to Western readers.

The Ayatollah Begs to Differ provides an intimate look... Read more >
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The Return of History and the End of Dreams
The Return of History and the End of Dreams
Written by Robert Kagan
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307389886
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The Return of History and the End of Dreams

Written by Robert Kagan


Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $13.00

Hopes for a new peaceful international order after the end of the Cold War have been dashed by sobering realities: Great powers are once again competing for honor and influence. The world remains “unipolar,” but international competition among the United States, Russia, China, Europe, Japan, India, and Iran raise new threats... Read more >
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Saviors and Survivors
Saviors and Survivors
Written by Mahmood Mamdani
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307377234
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Saviors and Survivors
Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror
Written by Mahmood Mamdani


Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $26.95

From the author of Good Muslim, Bad Muslim comes an important book, unlike any other, that looks at the crisis in Darfur within the context of the history of Sudan and examines the world’s response to that crisis.

In Saviors and Survivors, Mahmood Mamdani explains how the conflict in Darfur began... Read more >
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Saviors and Survivors
Saviors and Survivors
Written by Mahmood Mamdani
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307377999
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Saviors and Survivors
Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror
Written by Mahmood Mamdani


Format: eBook
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Price: $26.95

From the author of Good Muslim, Bad Muslim comes an important book, unlike any other, that looks at the crisis in Darfur within the context of the history of Sudan and examines the world’s response to that crisis.

In Saviors and Survivors, Mahmood Mamdani explains how the conflict in Darfur began... Read more >
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Ethical Realism
Ethical Realism
Written by Anatol Lieven and John Hulsman
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307495334
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Ethical Realism

Written by Anatol Lieven and John Hulsman


Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: March 12, 2009
Price: $13.95

America today faces a world more complicated than ever before, but both political parties have failed to envision a foreign policy that addresses our greatest threats. As a result, the United States risks lurching from crisis to crisis. In Ethical Realism, Anatol Lieven and John Hulsman, two distinguished policy experts from... Read more >
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Blind Into Baghdad
Blind Into Baghdad
Written by James Fallows
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307482303
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Blind Into Baghdad
America's War in Iraq
Written by James Fallows


Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: February 25, 2009
Price: $13.95

In the autumn of 2002, Atlantic Monthly national correspondent James Fallows wrote an article predicting many of the problems America would face if it invaded Iraq. After events confirmed many of his predictions, Fallows went on to write some of the most acclaimed, award-winning journalism on the planning and execution of... Read more >
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The Translator
The Translator
Written by Daoud Hari
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780812979176
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The Translator
A Memoir
Written by Daoud Hari


Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $13.00

The young life of Daoud Hari–his friends call him David–has been one of bravery and mesmerizing adventure. The Translator is a suspenseful, harrowing, and deeply moving memoir of how one person has made a difference in the world, an on-the-ground account of one of the biggest stories of our time: the... Read more >
Postcards from Tomorrow Square
Postcards from Tomorrow Square
Written by James Fallows
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307472625
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Postcards from Tomorrow Square
Reports from China
Written by James Fallows


Format: eBook
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $14.95

“Americans need not be hostile toward China's rise, but they should be wary about its eventual effects. The United States is the only nation with the scale and power to try to set the terms of its interaction with China rather than just succumb. So starting now, Americans need to consider... Read more >
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Postcards from Tomorrow Square
Postcards from Tomorrow Square
Written by James Fallows
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ISBN: 9780307456243
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Postcards from Tomorrow Square
Reports from China
Written by James Fallows


Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $14.95

“Americans need not be hostile toward China's rise, but they should be wary about its eventual effects. The United States is the only nation with the scale and power to try to set the terms of its interaction with China rather than just succumb. So starting now, Americans need to consider... Read more >
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Soldiers of God
Soldiers of God
Written by Robert D. Kaplan
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307546982
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Soldiers of God
With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Written by Robert D. Kaplan


Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 24, 2008
Price: $15.00

First time in paperback, with a new Introduction and final chapter

World affairs expert and intrepid travel journalist Robert D. Kaplan braved the dangers of war-ravaged Afghanistan in the 1980s, living among the mujahidin—the “soldiers of god”—whose unwavering devotion to Islam fueled their mission to oust the formidable Soviet invaders. In... Read more >
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Surrender or Starve
Surrender or Starve
Written by Robert D. Kaplan
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307547682
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Surrender or Starve
Travels in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, and Eritrea
Written by Robert D. Kaplan


Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2008
Price: $13.95

Robert D. Kaplan is one of our leading international journalists, someone who can explain the most complicated and volatile regions and show why they’re relevant to our world. In Surrender or Starve, Kaplan illuminates the fault lines in the Horn of Africa, which is emerging as a crucial region for America’s... Read more >
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God and Gold
God and Gold
Written by Walter Russell Mead
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375713736
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God and Gold
Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World
Written by Walter Russell Mead


Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $16.95

A stunningly insightful account of the global political and economic system, sustained first by Britain and now by America, that has created the modern world.

The key to the two countries' predominance, Mead argues, lies in the individualistic ideology inherent in the Anglo-American religion. Over the years Britain and America's liberal... Read more >
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God and Gold
God and Gold
Written by Walter Russell Mead
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307472724
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God and Gold
Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World
Written by Walter Russell Mead


Format: eBook
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $16.95

A stunningly insightful account of the global political and economic system, sustained first by Britain and now by America, that has created the modern world.

The key to the two countries' predominance, Mead argues, lies in the individualistic ideology inherent in the Anglo-American religion. Over the years Britain and America's liberal... Read more >
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The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
Written by Hooman Majd
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780385528429
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The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
The Paradox of Modern Iran
Written by Hooman Majd


Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $14.95

A revealing look at Iran by an American journalist with an insider’s access behind Persian walls

The grandson of an eminent ayatollah and the son of an Iranian diplomat, now an American citizen, Hooman Majd is, in a way, both 100 percent Iranian and 100 percent American, combining an insider’s knowledge of... Read more >
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The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
Written by Hooman Majd
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780385523349
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The Ayatollah Begs to Differ
The Paradox of Modern Iran
Written by Hooman Majd


Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $24.95

A revealing look at Iran by an American journalist with an insider’s access behind Persian walls

The grandson of an eminent ayatollah and the son of an Iranian diplomat, now an American citizen, Hooman Majd is, in a way, both 100 percent Iranian and 100 percent American, combining an insider’s knowledge of...

Read more >
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Turkmeniscam
Turkmeniscam
Written by Ken Silverstein
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781588367549
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Turkmeniscam
How Washington Lobbyists Fought to Flack for a Stalinist Dictatorship
Written by Ken Silverstein


Format: eBook
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $24.00

“As I have often said, I would represent the devil himself for the right price–it’s not personal, just business.”
–a Washington, D.C., lobbyist

For nearly as long as there have been politicians in the United States, there have been lobbyists haunting the halls of Congress–shaking hands, bearing gifts, and brandishing agendas. Everyone knows... Read more >
World War IV
World War IV
Written by Norman Podhoretz
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307386021
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World War IV
The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism
Written by Norman Podhoretz


Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $14.95

For almost half a century—as a magazine editor and as the author of numerous bestselling books and hundreds of articles—Norman Podhoretz has helped drive the central political and intellectual debates in this country. Now, in this provocative and powerfully argued book, he takes on the most controversial issue of our time—the... Read more >
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Freedom's Battle
Freedom's Battle
Written by Gary J. Bass
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307266484
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Freedom's Battle
The Origins of Humanitarian Intervention
Written by Gary J. Bass


Format: Hardcover, 528 pages
On Sale: August 19, 2008
Price: $35.00

Why do we sometimes let evil happen to others and sometimes rally to stop it? Whose lives matter to us? These are the key questions posed in this important and perceptive study of the largely forgotten nineteenth-century “atrocitarians”—some of the world’s first human rights activists. Wildly romantic, eccentrically educated, and full... Read more >
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The Strongest Tribe
The Strongest Tribe
Written by Bing West
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781400067015
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The Strongest Tribe
War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
Written by Bing West


Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $28.00

From a universally respected combat journalist, a gripping history based on five years of front-line reporting about how the war was turned around–and the choice now facing America

During the fierce battle for Fallujah, Bing West asked an Iraqi colonel why the archterrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had fled in women’s clothes... Read more >
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The Strongest Tribe
The Strongest Tribe
Written by Bing West
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781588367594
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The Strongest Tribe
War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq
Written by Bing West


Format: eBook
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $17.00

From a universally respected combat journalist, a gripping history based on five years of front-line reporting about how the war was turned around–and the choice now facing America

During the fierce battle for Fallujah, Bing West asked an Iraqi colonel why the archterrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had fled in women’s clothes... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.
A Path Out of the Desert
A Path Out of the Desert
Written by Kenneth Pollack
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781588367624
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A Path Out of the Desert
A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East
Written by Kenneth Pollack


Format: eBook
On Sale: July 15, 2008
Price: $18.00

“A persuasive but painful solution for dealing with the mess in the Middle East.” –Kirkus

The greatest danger to America’s peace and prosperity, notes leading Middle East policy analyst Kenneth M. Pollack, lies in the political repression, economic stagnation, and cultural conflict running rampant in Arab and Muslim nations. By inflaming... Read more >
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The Return of History and the End of Dreams
The Return of History and the End of Dreams
Written by Robert Kagan
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307269447
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The Return of History and the End of Dreams

Written by Robert Kagan


Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: April 29, 2008
Price: $13.00

Hopes for a new peaceful international order after the end of the Cold War have been dashed by sobering realities: Great powers are once again competing for honor and influence. The world remains “unipolar,” but international competition among the United States, Russia, China, Europe, Japan, India, and Iran raise new threats... Read more >
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The Return of History and the End of Dreams
The Return of History and the End of Dreams
Written by Robert Kagan
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307269232
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The Return of History and the End of Dreams

Written by Robert Kagan


Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: April 29, 2008
Price: $19.95

Hopes for a new peaceful international order after the end of the Cold War have been dashed by sobering realities: Great powers are once again competing for honor and influence. Nation-states remain as strong as ever, as do the old, explosive forces of ambitious nationalism. The world remains “unipolar,” but international... Read more >
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