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The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory

Andrew J. Bacevich · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A thought-provoking and penetrating account of the post-Cold war follies and delusions that culminated in the age of Donald Trump from the bestselling author of The Limits of Power.When the Cold War ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Washington establishment felt it had prevailed...
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The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

JON MEACHAM · Random House
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR * The...
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives!: A World without World War I

Richard Ned Lebow · Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Pages: 248
Format: Print book

The "Great War" claimed nearly 40 million lives and set the stage for World War II, the Holocaust, and the Cold War. One hundred years later, historians are beginning to recognize how unnecessary it was. In Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives!, acclaimed political psychologist...
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Stand Down: How Social Justice Warriors Are Sabotaging America's Military

James Hasson · Gateway Editions
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

"James is a terrific reporter, and this account of the effort to shape our military to reflect left-wing social values rather than the priorities of readiness and capability is vital." - BEN SHAPIRO, bestselling author of The Right Side of History and host of The Ben Shapiro...
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Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting & Keeping Your Benefits

David A Morton · NOLO
Pages: 472
Format: Paperback

Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability covers the criteria for getting disability benefits for back problems, heart and cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, autoimmune diseases, mental issues like depression and anxiety, and 200 more medical conditions.

Learn how to match...
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The Violent American Century: War and Terror Since World War II

John Dower · Haymarket Books
Pages: 150
Format: Paperback

World War II marked the apogee of industrialized "total war." Great powers savaged one another. Hostilities engulfed the globe. Mobilization extended to virtually every sector of every nation. Air war, including the terror bombing of civilians, emerged as a central strategy of the victorious...
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The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies

MICHAEL V HAYDEN · Penguin Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A blistering critique of the forces threatening the American intelligence community, beginning with the President of the United States himself, in a time when that community's work has never been harder or more important

In the face of a President who lobs accusations without facts,...
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Declaration: The Nine Tumultuous Weeks When America Became Independent, May 1-July 4, 1776

William Hogeland · Simon & Schuster; 1 edition
Format: Deckle Edge]

This is the rambunctious story of how America came to declare independence in Philadelphia in 1776. As late as that May, the Continental Congress had no plans to break away from England. Troops under General George Washington had been fighting the British for nearly a year - yet in Philadelphia...
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Unlikeable: The Problem with Hillary

Edward Klein · Regnery Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller!From the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers The Amateur and Blood Feud . . .Unlikeable is the stunning, powerful exposé of Hillary Clinton and her floundering race for the White House. With unprecedented access to longtime associates of the Clintons...
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The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age

JAMES CRABTREE · Tim Duggan Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

A colorful and revealing portrait of the rise of India's new billionaire class in a radically unequal society

India is the world's largest democracy, with more than one billion people and an economy expanding faster than China's. But the rewards of this growth have been far from...
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