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A refreshingly honest memoir about politics and private life

A celebration of the revolutionary change Amy and David Goodman have witnessed during the two decades of their acclaimed television and radio news program Democracy Now!-and how small individual ac

The untold story of the last battle of the Cold War and how it fueled the rise of militant Islam.

In 1994, the Rwanda government began killing its Tutsi minority people and 800,000 were murdered. Gourevitch details the genocide's background and aftermath.

Recalling the classic warnings against militarism, Johnson explores the trend of militarism that is bankrupting the United States and creating conditions for a new century of virulent blowback.

In this timely offering, Amir Taheri dissects the regime that has hijacked a nation for global "holy war" against the United States, revealing Iran's terror links, its nuclear capabilities, and how

The assassination of Julius Caesar is one of the most notorious murders in history and one shrouded in mystery.

The ninth edition of this widely acclaimed text has been revised to reflect the latest scholarship and the most recent events in the Middle East.

Mixing sharp political analysis and compelling baseball lore, Elias explores whether the face of American baseball throughout the world is that of goodwill ambassador or ugly American. 

The presidents of the United States have been different not only in politics, but also as people.

The Patriot's History Reader examines the documents, speeches, and legal decisions that shaped our country into what it is today.

This 2005 Pulitzer Prize-winning work details the secret history of the CIA's role in Afghanistan, the rise of the Taliban, the emergence of bin Laden, and America's efforts to find and assassinate

Renowned historian Tony Judt's final work brings the twentieth century's conflicted intellectual history to life as the age of ideas.

Journalist Jeremy Scahill takes us into the heart of the War on Terror's most dangerous battlefields as he chases down the most important foreign policy story of our time.

The "first" Afghan War was directed by Robert Grenier, the CIA station chief in Islamabad.