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U.S. Foreign Policy

 

Killing HopeKilling Hope

US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II (Updated Edition)

by William Blum  

Rogue StateRogue State

A Guide to the World's Only Superpower

by William Blum

The Great DeceptionThe Great Deception

Anglo-American Power and World Order

by Mark Curtis

Hegemony or Survival Hegemony or Survival

America's Quest for Global Dominance

by Noam Chomsky

Rogue StatesRogue States

The Rule of Force in World Affairs

by Noam Chomsky

Deterring DemocracyDeterring Democracy

by Noam Chomsky

The Chomsky ReaderThe Chomsky Reader

by Noam Chomsky

The New Military HumanismThe New Military Humanism

Lessons From Kosovo

by Noam Chomsky

East TimorEast Timor

Genocide in Paradise

by Matthew Jardine

Introduction by Noam Chomsky

The Age of WarThe Age of War

The United States Confronts the World 

by Gabriel Kolko

Portraits of EmpirePortraits of Empire

Unmasking Imperial Illusions from the "American Century" to the "War on Terror"

by Michael K. Smith

The Uses of HaitiThe Uses of Haiti

by Paul Farmer

The Exception to the RulersThe Exception to the Rulers

Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers and the Media That Love Them

by Amy Goodman

Confessions of an Economic Hit ManConfessions of an Economic Hit Man

by John Perkins

Body of SecretsBody of Secrets

Anatomy of the Ultra-Secret National Security Agency

by James Bamford

Seven Deadly SpinsSeven Deadly Spins

Exposing the Lies Behind War Propaganda

by Mickey Z

The Grand ChessboardThe Grand Chessboard

American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives

by Zbigniew Brzezinski

Sleeping with the DevilSleeping with the Devil

How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude

by Robert Baer

See No EvilSee No Evil

The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism

by Robert Baer

The New Nuclear DangerThe New Nuclear Danger

George W. Bush's Military-Industrial Complex

by Helen Caldicott

 

9/11 and the War on Afghanistan

 

The Terror TimelineThe Terror Timeline

Year by Year, Day by Day, Minute by Minute

by Paul Thompson  

(I am proud to have received credit in the acknowledgments section of this book for some assistance I lent in the chapter on Afghanistan.)

 

The 9/11 Commission ReportThe 9/11 Commission Report

Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United State

Against All EnemiesAgainst All Enemies

Inside America's War on Terror

by Richard A. Clarke

TalibanTaliban

Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia

by Ahmed Rashid

Bush at WarBush at War

by Bob Woodward

 

 

The War on Iraq

 

Blind Into BaghdadBlind Into Baghdad

America's War in Iraq

by James Fallows

HubrisHubris

The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War

by Michael Isikoff & David Corn

Oil, Power & EmpireOil, Power & Empire

Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda

by Larry Everest

Plan of AttackPlan of Attack

by Bob Woodward

State of DenialState of Denial

Bush at War Part III

by Bob Woodward

Disarming IraqDisarming Iraq

The Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction

by Hans Blix

Iraq ConfidentialIraq Confidential

The Untold Story of America's Intelligence Conspiray

by Scott Ritter

Chain of CommandChain of Command

The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib

by Seymour Hersh

 

Weapons of Mass DeceptionWeapons of Mass Deception

The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq

by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber

The Price of LoyaltyThe Price of Loyalty

George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill

by Ron Suskind

Out of the AshesOut of the Ashes

The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein

by Andrew Cockburn and Patrick Cockburn

A Pretext for WarA Pretext for War

9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America's Intelligence Agencies

by James Bamford

The Saddam Hussein ReaderThe Saddam Hussein Reader

Edited by Turi Munthe

The ConnectionThe Connection

How al Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein Has Endangered America

by Stephen F. Hayes

The OccupationThe Occupation

War and Resistance in Iraq 

by Patrick Cockburn

 

 

The Middle East

 

Boomerang!Boomerang!

How Our Covert Wars Have Created Enemies Across the Middle East and Brought Terror to America

by Mark Zepezauer

TinderboxTinderbox

U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism

by Stephen Zunes

All the Shah's MenAll the Shah's Men

An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror

by Stephen Kinzer

What Went Wrong?What Went Wrong?

The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East

by Bernard Lewis

The Crisis of IslamThe Crisis of Islam

Holy War and Unholy Terror 

by Bernard Lewis

 

 

Israel & Palestine

 

Fateful TriangleFateful Triangle

The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians (Updated Edition)

by Noam Chomsky

Six Days of WarSix Days of War

June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East

by Michael B. Oren

Searching JeninSearching Jenin

Eyewitness Accounts of the Israeli Invasion Edited by Ramzy Baroud Preface

by Noam Chomsky

The Question of PalestineThe Question of Palestine

by Edward W. Said

 

U.S. History

 

The Federalist PapersThe Federalist Papers

by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Jon Jay, Clinton Rossiter, Charles R. Kesler

The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention DebatesThe Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates

by Ralph Ketcham

A People's History of the United StatesA People's History of the United States

1492-Present

by Howard Zinn

Don't Know Much About HistoryDon't Know Much About History

Everything You Need to Know About American History But Never Learned

by Kenneth C. Davis

The Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinThe Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin

American SphinxAmerican Sphinx

The Character of Thomas Jefferson

by Joseph J. Ellis

Founding BrothersFounding Brothers

The Revolutionary Generation

by Joseph J. Ellis

His ExcellencyHis Excellency

George Washington

by Joseph J. Ellis

17761776

by David McCullough

Common Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of Thomas PaineCommon Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine

by Thomas Pain

Walden and Civil DisobedienceWalden and Civil Disobedience

by Henry David Thoreau

The American PresidencyThe American Presidency

by Gore Vidal

 

World War II

 

Roosevelt's Secret WarRoosevelt's Secret War

by Joseph Perisco

NurembergNuremberg

Infamy on Trial

by Joseph Perisco

American Diplomacy During the Second World War, 1941-1945American Diplomacy During the Second World War, 1941-1945

by Gaddis Smith

 

 

The Korean & Vietnam Wars

 

The Korean WarThe Korean War

by Max Hastings

America's Longest WarAmerica's Longest War

The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975

by George C. Herring

 

Vietnam: A HistoryVietnam: A History

by Stanley Karnow

Vietnam and AmericaVietnam and America

A Documented History

Edited by Marvin E. Gettleman, Jane Franklin, Marilyn B. Young, and H. Bruce Franklin

American Power and the New MandarinsAmerican Power and the New Mandarins

by Noam Chomsky

 

World History & Classics

 

The RepublicThe Republic

by Plato

The PrinceThe Prince

by Niccolo Machiavelli

The Art of WarThe Art of War

by Sun Tzu

The Rise of the Roman EmpireThe Rise of the Roman Empire

by Polybius

The Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

by Edward Gibbon

The Wealth of NationsThe Wealth of Nations

by Adam Smith

19841984

by George Orwell

 

 

Science & Social Studies

 

Guns, Germs, and SteelGuns, Germs, and Steel

The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared Diamond

CollapseCollapse

How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

by Jared Diamond

The Coming Economic CollapseThe Coming Economic Collapse

How You Can Thrive When Oil Costs $200 a Barrel 

by Stephen Leeb and Glen Strathy

A Short History of Nearly EverythingA Short History of Nearly Everything

by Bill Bryson

The Buying of the President 2004The Buying of the President 2004

Who's Really Bankrolling Bush and His Democratic Challengers--and What They Expect in Return

by Charles Lewis

 

 

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