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A Path to Peace: A Brief History of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations and a Way Forward in the Middle East

George Mitchell - Simon & Schuster
Format: Print book

Finally, a way forward in the Middle East: The answer to why Israel and Palestine's attempts at negotiation have failed and a practical roadmap for bringing peace to this complicated, troubled region.George Mitchell knows how to bring peace to troubled regions. He was the primary architect...
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Camelot's End: Kennedy vs. Carter and the Fight that Broke the Democratic Party

Jon Ward - Twelve
Format: Hardcover

From a strange, dark chapter in American political history comes the captivating story of Ted Kennedy's 1980 campaign for president against the incumbent Jimmy Carter, told in full for the first time. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #454545}...
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The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir

Samantha Power - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

Pulitzer-Prize winner Samantha Power is widely known as the moral voice of her generation. A relentless advocate for promoting human rights, she has been heralded by President Barack Obama as one of America's "foremost thinkers on foreign policy." The Education of an Idealist...
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A great place to have a war : America in Laos and the birth of a military CIA

Joshua Kurlantzick - Simon & Schuster

The untold story of how America's secret war in Laos in the 1960s transformed the CIA from a loose collection of spies into a military operation and a key player in American foreign policy.January, 1961: Laos, a tiny nation few Americans have heard of, is at risk of falling to communism...
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The Allies: Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II

WINSTON GROOM - National Geographic
Format: Hardcover

Best-selling author Winston Groom tells the complex story of how Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin--the three iconic and vastly different Allied leaders--aligned to win World War II and created a new world order.By the end of World War II, 59 nations were arrayed...
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A Most Tolerant Little Town: The Explosive Beginning of School Desegregation

Rachel Louise Martin - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

An intimate portrait of a small town living through tumultuous times, this propulsive piece of forgotten civil rights history - about the first school to attempt court-ordered desegregation in the wake of Brown v. Board - will forever change how you think of the end of racial segregation...
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Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World

Eileen McNamara - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines the life and times of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, arguing she left behind the Kennedy family's most profound political legacy.While Joe Kennedy was grooming his sons for the White House and the Senate, his Stanford-educated daughter Eunice was tapping...
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Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth

Brian Stelter - Atria/One Signal Publishers
Format: Hardcover

The urgent and untold story of the collusion between Fox News and Donald Trump from the New York Times bestselling author of Top of the Morning. While other leaders were marshaling resources to combat the greatest pandemic in modern history, President Donald Trump was watching TV. Trump...
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Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump

Spencer Ackerman - Viking
Format: Hardcover

For an entire generation, at home and abroad, the United States has waged an endless conflict known as the War on Terror. In addition to multiple ground wars, it has pioneered drone strikes and industrial-scale digital surveillance, as well as detaining people indefinitely and torturing...
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