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Pushing Past the Night
Coming to Terms With Italy's Terrorist Past
Written by Mario Calabresi
Translated by Michael Moore
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $12.95
December 15, 1969, was the most important day of Mario Calabresi's life, although he would not be born for another year. On that date, the anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli fell to his death from a window at the Milan police headquarters, where he was being questioned about his role in the Piazza... Read more >
Coming to Terms With Italy's Terrorist Past
Written by Mario Calabresi
Translated by Michael Moore
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $12.95
December 15, 1969, was the most important day of Mario Calabresi's life, although he would not be born for another year. On that date, the anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli fell to his death from a window at the Milan police headquarters, where he was being questioned about his role in the Piazza... Read more >
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Pushing Past the Night
Coming to Terms with Italy's Terrorist Past
Written by Mario Calabresi
Translated by Michael Moore
Introduction by Roger Cohen
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $9.99
Read more >
Coming to Terms with Italy's Terrorist Past
Written by Mario Calabresi
Translated by Michael Moore
Introduction by Roger Cohen
Format: eBook, 160 pages
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Price: $9.99
Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Ghost
Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent
Written by Fred Burton
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $16.00
In this hard-hitting memoir, Fred Burton, a key figure in international counterterrorism and domestic spycraft, emerges from the shadows to reveal who he is, what he has accomplished, and the threats that lurk unseen except by an experienced, worldly-wise few. Plunging readers into the murky world of violent religious extremism that... Read more >
Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent
Written by Fred Burton
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2009
Price: $16.00
In this hard-hitting memoir, Fred Burton, a key figure in international counterterrorism and domestic spycraft, emerges from the shadows to reveal who he is, what he has accomplished, and the threats that lurk unseen except by an experienced, worldly-wise few. Plunging readers into the murky world of violent religious extremism that... Read more >
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Terror and Consent
The Wars for the Twenty-first Century
Written by Philip Bobbitt
Format: Trade Paperback, 688 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $18.00
Philip Bobbitt follows his magisterial Shield of Achilles with an equally provocative analysis of the West's struggle against terror. Boldly stating that the primary driver of terrorism is not Islam but the emergence of market states (like the U.S. and the E.U.), Bobbitt warns of an era where weapons of mass... Read more >
The Wars for the Twenty-first Century
Written by Philip Bobbitt
Format: Trade Paperback, 688 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $18.00
Philip Bobbitt follows his magisterial Shield of Achilles with an equally provocative analysis of the West's struggle against terror. Boldly stating that the primary driver of terrorism is not Islam but the emergence of market states (like the U.S. and the E.U.), Bobbitt warns of an era where weapons of mass... Read more >
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7 Deadly Scenarios
A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century
Written by Andrew Krepinevich
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $27.00
A global pandemic finds millions swarming across the U.S. border.
Major U.S. cities are leveled by black-market nukes.
China’s growing civil unrest ignites a global showdown.
Pakistan’s collapse leads to a hunt for its nuclear weapons.
What if the worst that could happen actually happens? How would we respond? Are we ready?
These are the questions... Read more >
A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century
Written by Andrew Krepinevich
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $27.00
A global pandemic finds millions swarming across the U.S. border.
Major U.S. cities are leveled by black-market nukes.
China’s growing civil unrest ignites a global showdown.
Pakistan’s collapse leads to a hunt for its nuclear weapons.
What if the worst that could happen actually happens? How would we respond? Are we ready?
These are the questions... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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7 Deadly Scenarios
A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century
Written by Andrew Krepinevich
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $27.00
A global pandemic finds millions swarming across the U.S. border.
Major U.S. cities are leveled by black-market nukes.
China’s growing civil unrest ignites a global showdown.
Pakistan’s collapse leads to a hunt for its nuclear weapons.
What if the worst that could happen actually happens? How would we respond? Are we ready?
These are the questions... Read more >
A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century
Written by Andrew Krepinevich
Format: eBook
On Sale: January 27, 2009
Price: $27.00
A global pandemic finds millions swarming across the U.S. border.
Major U.S. cities are leveled by black-market nukes.
China’s growing civil unrest ignites a global showdown.
Pakistan’s collapse leads to a hunt for its nuclear weapons.
What if the worst that could happen actually happens? How would we respond? Are we ready?
These are the questions... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Ghost
Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent
Written by Fred Burton
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: June 3, 2008
Price: $26.00
For decades, Fred Burton, a key figure in international counterterrorism and domestic spycraft, has secretly been on the front lines in the fight to keep Americans safe around the world. Now, in this hard-hitting memoir, Burton emerges from the shadows to reveal who he is, what he has accomplished, and the... Read more >
Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent
Written by Fred Burton
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: June 3, 2008
Price: $26.00
For decades, Fred Burton, a key figure in international counterterrorism and domestic spycraft, has secretly been on the front lines in the fight to keep Americans safe around the world. Now, in this hard-hitting memoir, Burton emerges from the shadows to reveal who he is, what he has accomplished, and the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Legacy of Ashes
The History of the CIA
Written by Tim Weiner
Format: Trade Paperback, 848 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2008
Price: $16.95
With shocking revelations that made headlines in papers across the country, Pulitzer-Prize-winner Tim Weiner gets at the truth behind the CIA and uncovers here why nearly every CIA Director has left the agency in worse shape than when he found it; and how these profound failures jeopardize our national security. Read more >
The History of the CIA
Written by Tim Weiner
Format: Trade Paperback, 848 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2008
Price: $16.95
With shocking revelations that made headlines in papers across the country, Pulitzer-Prize-winner Tim Weiner gets at the truth behind the CIA and uncovers here why nearly every CIA Director has left the agency in worse shape than when he found it; and how these profound failures jeopardize our national security. Read more >
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Legacy of Ashes
The History of the CIA
Written by Tim Weiner
Format: eBook, 848 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2008
Price: $16.95
For the last sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, burying its blunders in top-secret archives. Its mission was to know the world. When it did not succeed, it set out to change the world. Its failures have handed us, in... Read more >
The History of the CIA
Written by Tim Weiner
Format: eBook, 848 pages
On Sale: May 20, 2008
Price: $16.95
For the last sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, burying its blunders in top-secret archives. Its mission was to know the world. When it did not succeed, it set out to change the world. Its failures have handed us, in... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Terror and Consent
The Wars for the Twenty-first Century
Written by Philip Bobbitt
Format: Hardcover, 688 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $35.00
An urgent reconceptualization of the Wars on Terror from the author of The Shield of Achilles (“magisterial”— The New York Times, “a classic for future generations”—The New York Review of Books). In this book Philip Bobbitt brings together historical, legal, and strategic analyses to understand the idea of a “war on... Read more >
The Wars for the Twenty-first Century
Written by Philip Bobbitt
Format: Hardcover, 688 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $35.00
An urgent reconceptualization of the Wars on Terror from the author of The Shield of Achilles (“magisterial”— The New York Times, “a classic for future generations”—The New York Review of Books). In this book Philip Bobbitt brings together historical, legal, and strategic analyses to understand the idea of a “war on... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Terror and Consent
Written by Philip Bobbitt
Format: eBook, 624 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $18.00
Philip Bobbitt follows his magisterial Shield of Achilles with an equally provocative analysis of the West's struggle against terror. Boldly stating that the primary driver of terrorism is not Islam but the emergence of market states (like the U.S. and the E.U.), Bobbitt warns of an era where weapons of mass... Read more >
Written by Philip Bobbitt
Format: eBook, 624 pages
On Sale: April 1, 2008
Price: $18.00
Philip Bobbitt follows his magisterial Shield of Achilles with an equally provocative analysis of the West's struggle against terror. Boldly stating that the primary driver of terrorism is not Islam but the emergence of market states (like the U.S. and the E.U.), Bobbitt warns of an era where weapons of mass... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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Europe's Last Summer
Who Started the Great War in 1914?
Written by David Fromkin
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $17.00
From the author of the best-selling A Peace to End All Peace (“extraordinarily ambitious, provocative, and vividly written”–Washington Post Book World), a dramatic reassessment of the causes of the Great War.
The early summer of 1914 was the most glorious Europeans could remember. But, behind the scenes, the most destructive war... Read more >
Who Started the Great War in 1914?
Written by David Fromkin
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $17.00
From the author of the best-selling A Peace to End All Peace (“extraordinarily ambitious, provocative, and vividly written”–Washington Post Book World), a dramatic reassessment of the causes of the Great War.
The early summer of 1914 was the most glorious Europeans could remember. But, behind the scenes, the most destructive war... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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What Terrorists Want
Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat
Written by Louise Richardson
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2007
Price: $17.00
“This is at the top of my list for best books on terrorism.”
–Jessica Stern, author of Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill
How can the most powerful country in the world feel so threatened by an enemy infinitely weaker than we are? How can loving parents and otherwise... Read more >
Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat
Written by Louise Richardson
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2007
Price: $17.00
“This is at the top of my list for best books on terrorism.”
–Jessica Stern, author of Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill
How can the most powerful country in the world feel so threatened by an enemy infinitely weaker than we are? How can loving parents and otherwise... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Imperial Life in the Emerald City
Inside Iraq's Green Zone
Written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2007
Price: $14.95
The Green Zone, Baghdad, 2003: in this walled-off compound of swimming pools and luxurious amenities, Paul Bremer and his Coalition Provisional Authority set out to fashion a new, democratic Iraq. Staffed by idealistic aides chosen primarily for their views on issues such as abortion and capital punishment, the CPA spent the... Read more >
Inside Iraq's Green Zone
Written by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2007
Price: $14.95
The Green Zone, Baghdad, 2003: in this walled-off compound of swimming pools and luxurious amenities, Paul Bremer and his Coalition Provisional Authority set out to fashion a new, democratic Iraq. Staffed by idealistic aides chosen primarily for their views on issues such as abortion and capital punishment, the CPA spent the... Read more >
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Legacy of Ashes
The History of the CIA
Written by Tim Weiner
Format: Hardcover, 720 pages
On Sale: June 28, 2007
Price: $27.95
For the last sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, burying its blunders in top-secret archives. Its mission was to know the world. When it did not succeed, it set out to change the world. Its failures have handed us, in... Read more >
The History of the CIA
Written by Tim Weiner
Format: Hardcover, 720 pages
On Sale: June 28, 2007
Price: $27.95
For the last sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, burying its blunders in top-secret archives. Its mission was to know the world. When it did not succeed, it set out to change the world. Its failures have handed us, in... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Cobra II
The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
Written by Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor
Format: Trade Paperback, 784 pages
On Sale: February 27, 2007
Price: $16.00
Written by the chief military correspondent of the New York Times and a prominent retired Marine general, this is the definitive account of the invasion of Iraq.
A stunning work of investigative journalism, Cobra II describes in riveting detail how the American rush to Baghdad provided the opportunity for the virulent insurgency... Read more >
The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
Written by Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor
Format: Trade Paperback, 784 pages
On Sale: February 27, 2007
Price: $16.00
Written by the chief military correspondent of the New York Times and a prominent retired Marine general, this is the definitive account of the invasion of Iraq.
A stunning work of investigative journalism, Cobra II describes in riveting detail how the American rush to Baghdad provided the opportunity for the virulent insurgency... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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Inside Delta Force
Written by Eric Haney
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Price: $9.99
They are the Army's most elite top-secret strike force. But you won't hear about their heroics on the news, no headlines about them can appear in the papers, and no one—not even their families—can know who they are. First Special Forces Operational Detachment-D—Delta Force, America's supersecret counterterrorist unit. On paper they... Read more >
Written by Eric Haney
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Price: $9.99
They are the Army's most elite top-secret strike force. But you won't hear about their heroics on the news, no headlines about them can appear in the papers, and no one—not even their families—can know who they are. First Special Forces Operational Detachment-D—Delta Force, America's supersecret counterterrorist unit. On paper they... Read more >
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Imperial Grunts
On the Ground with the American Military, from Mongolia to the Philippines to Iraq and Beyond
Written by Robert D. Kaplan
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $15.95
A fascinating, unprecedented first-hand look at the soldiers on the front lines on the Global War on Terror.
Plunging deep into midst of some of the hottest conflicts on the globe, Robert D. Kaplan takes us through mud and jungle, desert and dirt to the men and women on the ground... Read more >
On the Ground with the American Military, from Mongolia to the Philippines to Iraq and Beyond
Written by Robert D. Kaplan
Format: Trade Paperback, 448 pages
On Sale: September 12, 2006
Price: $15.95
A fascinating, unprecedented first-hand look at the soldiers on the front lines on the Global War on Terror.
Plunging deep into midst of some of the hottest conflicts on the globe, Robert D. Kaplan takes us through mud and jungle, desert and dirt to the men and women on the ground... Read more >
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What Terrorists Want
Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat
Written by Louise Richardson
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 5, 2006
Price: $17.00
“This is at the top of my list for best books on terrorism.”
–Jessica Stern, author of Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill
How can the most powerful country in the world feel so threatened by an enemy infinitely weaker than we are? How can loving parents and otherwise... Read more >
Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat
Written by Louise Richardson
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 5, 2006
Price: $17.00
“This is at the top of my list for best books on terrorism.”
–Jessica Stern, author of Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill
How can the most powerful country in the world feel so threatened by an enemy infinitely weaker than we are? How can loving parents and otherwise... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Loss of Faith
How the Air-India Bombers Got Away With Murder
Written by Kim Bolan
Format: Trade Paperback, 388 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2006
Price: $16.50
Riveting and shocking, Loss of Faith is essential reading for all Canadians.
On June 23, 1985, Canada found itself on the international terrorism map when two bombs built in B.C. detonated within an hour of each other on opposite sides of the world, killing 329 men, women, and children.
Canadian Sikh separatists, upset... Read more >
How the Air-India Bombers Got Away With Murder
Written by Kim Bolan
Format: Trade Paperback, 388 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2006
Price: $16.50
Riveting and shocking, Loss of Faith is essential reading for all Canadians.
On June 23, 1985, Canada found itself on the international terrorism map when two bombs built in B.C. detonated within an hour of each other on opposite sides of the world, killing 329 men, women, and children.
Canadian Sikh separatists, upset... Read more >
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Chatter
Uncovering the Echelon Surveillance Network and the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping
Written by Patrick Radden Keefe
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: July 11, 2006
Price: $14.95
How does our government eavesdrop? Whom do they eavesdrop on? And is the interception of communication an effective means of predicting and preventing future attacks? These are some of the questions at the heart of Patrick Radden Keefe’s brilliant new book, Chatter.
In the late 1990s, when Keefe was a graduate... Read more >
Uncovering the Echelon Surveillance Network and the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping
Written by Patrick Radden Keefe
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: July 11, 2006
Price: $14.95
How does our government eavesdrop? Whom do they eavesdrop on? And is the interception of communication an effective means of predicting and preventing future attacks? These are some of the questions at the heart of Patrick Radden Keefe’s brilliant new book, Chatter.
In the late 1990s, when Keefe was a graduate... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
hardcover.
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Inside Delta Force
The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit
Written by Eric Haney
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: August 30, 2005
Price: $16.00
Now the inspiration for the CBS Television drama, "The Unit."
Delta Force. They are the U.S. Army's most elite top-secret strike force. They dominate the modern battlefield, but you won't hear about their heroics on CNN. No headlines can reveal their top-secret missions, and no book has ever taken readers inside—until now... Read more >
The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit
Written by Eric Haney
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: August 30, 2005
Price: $16.00
Now the inspiration for the CBS Television drama, "The Unit."
Delta Force. They are the U.S. Army's most elite top-secret strike force. They dominate the modern battlefield, but you won't hear about their heroics on CNN. No headlines can reveal their top-secret missions, and no book has ever taken readers inside—until now... Read more >
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Europe's Last Summer
Who Started the Great War in 1914?
Written by David Fromkin
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2005
Price: $17.00
When war broke out in Europe in 1914, it surprised a European population enjoying the most beautiful summer in memory. For nearly a century since, historians have debated the causes of the war. Some have cited the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand; others have concluded it was unavoidable.
In Europe’s Last Summer... Read more >
Who Started the Great War in 1914?
Written by David Fromkin
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2005
Price: $17.00
When war broke out in Europe in 1914, it surprised a European population enjoying the most beautiful summer in memory. For nearly a century since, historians have debated the causes of the war. Some have cited the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand; others have concluded it was unavoidable.
In Europe’s Last Summer... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Chatter
Dispatches from the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping
Written by Patrick Radden Keefe
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2005
Price: $24.95
How does our government eavesdrop? Whom do they eavesdrop on? And is the interception of communication an effective means of predicting and preventing future attacks? These are some of the questions at the heart of Patrick Radden Keefe’s brilliant new book, Chatter.
In the late 1990s, when Keefe was a graduate... Read more >
Dispatches from the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping
Written by Patrick Radden Keefe
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: February 15, 2005
Price: $24.95
How does our government eavesdrop? Whom do they eavesdrop on? And is the interception of communication an effective means of predicting and preventing future attacks? These are some of the questions at the heart of Patrick Radden Keefe’s brilliant new book, Chatter.
In the late 1990s, when Keefe was a graduate... Read more >
Also available as an
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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An End to Evil
How to Win the War on Terror
Written by David Frum and Richard Perle
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2004
Price: $7.99
An End to Evil charts the agenda for what’s next in the war on terrorism, as articulated by David Frum, former presidential speechwriter and bestselling author of The Right Man, and Richard Perle, former assistant secretary of defense and one of the most influential foreign-policy leaders in Washington.
This world is... Read more >
How to Win the War on Terror
Written by David Frum and Richard Perle
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2004
Price: $7.99
An End to Evil charts the agenda for what’s next in the war on terrorism, as articulated by David Frum, former presidential speechwriter and bestselling author of The Right Man, and Richard Perle, former assistant secretary of defense and one of the most influential foreign-policy leaders in Washington.
This world is... Read more >
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