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Contempt: A Memoir of the Clinton Investigation
KEN STARR · Sentinel
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Twenty years after the Starr Report and the Clinton impeachment, former special prosecutor Ken Starr finally shares his definitive account of one of the most divisive periods in American history.You could fill a library with books about the scandals of the Clinton administration, which... |
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American Cipher: Bowe Bergdahl and the U.S. Tragedy in Afghanistan
Matt Farwell · Penguin Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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The explosive narrative of the life, captivity, and trial of Bowe Bergdahl, the soldier who was abducted by the Taliban and whose story has served as a symbol for America's foundering war in Afghanistan"A riveting journalistic account of Bowe Bergdahl's disastrous--and weirdly poignant--choice... |
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Goat Castle: A True Story of Murder, Race, and the Gothic South
Karen L. Cox · Tantor Audio
Format: Audiobook
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In 1932, the city of Natchez, Mississippi, reckoned with an unexpected influx of journalists and tourists as the lurid story of a local murder was splashed across headlines nationwide. Two eccentrics, Richard Dana and Octavia Dockery - known in the press as the "Wild Man" and the "Goat... |
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The Empty Throne: America's Abdication of Global Leadership
Ivo H. Daalder · PublicAffairs
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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American diplomacy is in shambles, but beneath the daily chaos is an erosion of the postwar order that is even more dangerous.America emerged from the catastrophe of World War II convinced that global engagement and leadership were essential to prevent another global conflict and further... |
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The Global Age: Europe 1950-2017
Ian Kershaw · Viking
Pages: 656
Format: Hardcover
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The final chapter in the Penguin History of Europe series from the acclaimed scholar and author of To Hell and BackAfter the overwhelming horrors of the first half of the twentieth century, described by Ian Kershaw in his previous book as being 'to Hell and back,' the years from 1950 to 2017... |
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The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
Brad Meltzer · Flatiron Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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Taking place during the most critical period of our nation's birth, The First Conspiracy tells a remarkable and previously untold piece of American history that not only reveals George Washington's character, but also illuminates the origins of America's counterintelligence movement that... |
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Liars, Leakers and Liberals
JEANINE PIRRO · Center Street
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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As host of her own show on Fox for many years, Judge Jeanine Pirro has seen firsthand how narratives take form, whether they are based in truth or not. In her explosive new book, she will write about some of the most egregious lies she's seen, and take on the Liars, Leakers, and Liberals. |
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The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner
Daniel Ellsberg · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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From the legendary whistle-blower who revealed the Pentagon Papers, an eyewitness exposé of the dangers of America's Top Secret, seventy-year-long nuclear policy that--chillingly--continues to this day.Here, for the first time, former high level defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg reveals... |
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Operation Whisper: The Capture of Soviet Spies Morris and Lona Cohen
Barnes Carr · Foreedge
Pages: 338
Format: Print book
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Meet Morris and Lona Cohen, an ordinary-seeming couple living on a teacher's salary in a nondescript building on the East Side of New York City. On a hot afternoon in the autumn of 1950, a trusted colleague knocked at their door, held up a finger for silence, then began scribbling a note:... |
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Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World
Timothy Garton Ash · Yale University Press
Pages: 504
Format: Print book
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Never in human history was there such a chance for freedom of expression. If we have Internet access, any one of us can publish almost anything we like and potentially reach an audience of millions. Never was there a time when the evils of unlimited speech flowed so easily across frontiers:... |
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Crash Course: From the Good War to the Forever War
H BRUCE FRANKLIN · Rutgers University Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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Growing up during the Second World War, H. Bruce Franklin believed what he was told: that America's victory would lead to a new era of world peace. Like most Americans, he was soon led to believe in a world-wide Communist conspiracy that menaced the United States, forcing the nation... |
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