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The Second Nuclear Age
Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics
In this thought-provoking and agenda-setting book, the author, drawing on his years of experience analyzing defense strategy, makes a strong case that the U.S. needs to pay renewed attention to nuclear weapons and how their presence will transform the way crises develop and escalate.
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It's Even Worse Than It Looks
How The American Constitutional System Collided With The New Politics Of Extremism
Two leading experts on Congress outline recommendations for ending obstructionist tactics and artificial barriers to compromise, suggesting specific institutional restructuring measures while calling on the public and media to work with government to correct problems rather than perpetuating acerbic campaign cycles.
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Race-Baiter
How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation
A prominent media critic demonstrates how the media manipulates language to incite cultural divides, tracing the history of "race-baiting" while revealing how tactics that deliberately play on prejudice and fear are used to secure audiences and demonize opposing groups.
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The Interrogator
An Education
The Interrogator presents the author's account of an interrogation of a suspected al-Qaeda leader, including the CIA's response to his findings and his views on how the War on Terrorism has affected the decisions made by the White House and CIA.
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From the Closet to the Altar
Courts, Backlash, and the Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage
Michael Klarman looks at the litigation of gay life, and specifically gay marriage, from World War II to today. He chronicles how the courts responded to the American gay rights movement — and how judges who once dismissed gay equality out of hand now seemed poised to enshrine it in law.
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Republic, Lost
How Money Corrupts Congress — And A Plan To Stop It
A Harvard Law professor explains how being influenced by money overshadows the will of the people in the political arena regardless of party lines and offers strategies to take back the democracy from those with moneyed or corporate interests.
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Listening In
The Secret White House Recordings Of John F. Kennedy
Available for the first time to the general public, the transcripts and recordings of John F. Kennedy's time in office reveal his decision-making process and thoughts on world events, including the Cuban Missile crisis and the Civil Rights movement, giving a rare opportunity to step inside the Oval Office and Cabinet Room.
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Where China Meets India
Burma And The New Crossroads of Asia
Where China Meets India: Burma And The New Crossroads Of Asia analyzes the inherent potential of recently dissolved boundaries between China and India; it cites a clash between modern and traditional worlds throughout affected regions while considering Burma's strategic centrality and the ways it is being targeted.
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Pity the Billionaire
The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right
The Harper's columnist and author of The Wrecking Crew profiles how conservative Republicans have rebounded after the election of Barack Obama, outlining their strategy of total opposition to the liberal state while arguing that their policies further injure victims of the recession.NPR Bestseller
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The Myth of the Muslim Tide
Do Immigrants Threaten the West?
The author of the prize-winning Arrival City argues against concerns that an increase in Islamic immigration is threatening basic American values, demonstrating how prejudice against Islam echoes earlier responses to immigrant groups in a report that also outlines recommendations for Islamic integration.
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The Oath
The Obama White House and the Supreme Court
The prize-winning author of The Nine presents a dramatic insider's account of what is identified as an ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration, tracing several landmark cases and the strong views that will be shaping the court of the near future.NPR Bestseller
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The Victory Lab
The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns
An energetic assessment of how a team of academics, statisticians, and strategists are reshaping today's political campaigns explores war room strategies based in behavioral psychology and randomized experiments.
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The Revenge of Geography
What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
The best-selling author of Balkan Ghosts presents a timely and provocative response to The World Is Flat that draws on the insights of leading geographers and geopolitical thinkers to present a holistic interpretation of the next cycle of conflict throughout Eurasia that considers such topics as European debt, Chinese power and the role of Iran.
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Class Warfare
Inside the Fight to Fix America's Schools
Steven Brill looks at why many of America's schools are failing and relates how parents, activists and education reformers are joining together to fix a system that works for adults but consistently fails the children it is meant to educate.
