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Author
Publisher
Vintage
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
New pbk. ed.
Language
English
Description
In November 2008 the United States of America will elect a new president. But the imminent collapse of 20 years of Republican conservatism means the country is already conducting an intense self-examination about the trajectory of its history. This book provides a timely & masterful history of this, the world's most controversial superpower.
Author
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
In the post-9/11 era, America's policy-makers have increasingly prioritised the pursuit of power, both military and economic, above all else - human rights, democracy, even security. Drawing on examples ranging from expanding drone assassination programmes to the civil war in Syria and the continued violence in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Israel and Palestine, philosopher, political commentator and activist Noam Chomsky here offers unexpected and nuanced...
Author
Publisher
Allen Lane
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
For 13 days in October 1962 the world teetered on the brink of nuclear war. This is a blow-by-blow account of how the United States and the Soviet Union got there and the many missteps that could have led to the end of the world as we know it. Award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy tells the riveting story of those weeks, tracing the tortuous decision-making that produced and then resolved it, involving John Kennedy and his advisers, Nikita Khrushchev...
5) Hard choices
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Hillary Clinton's candid reflections about the key moments during her time as Secretary of State, as well as her thoughts on how to navigate the challenges of the 21st century.
Author
Publisher
Guardian Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Moscow, July 1987. Real-estate tycoon Donald Trump visits Soviet Russia for the first time at the invitation of the government. London, December 2016. Luke Harding meets former MI6 officer Christopher Steele to discuss the president-elect's connections with Russia. Harding follows two leads; money and sex. Washington, January 2017. Steele's explosive dossier alleges that the Kremlin has been 'cultivating, supporting, and assisting' Trump for years...
Author
Language
English
Description
With 'Fire and Fury', Michael Wolff defined the first phase of the Trump administration; now, in 'Siege', he has written an equally essential and explosive book about a presidency that is under fire from almost every side. A fresh narrative that begins just as Trump's second year as president is getting underway and ends with the delivery of the Mueller report, this book reveals an administration that is perpetually beleaguered by investigations and...
11) 9-11
Author
Series
Publisher
Turnaround [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
Expanded ed.
Language
English
Description
One of America's most esteemed political analyst offers his analysis of the global build-up to the Semptember 11th attacks, the long-term results of American military action. He suggest what can be done to promote peace and justice.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
John Bolton served as National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump for 519 days. A seasoned public servant who had previously worked for Presidents Reagan, Bush Sr. and Bush Jr., Bolton brought to the administration thirty years of experience in international issues and a reputation for tough, blunt talk. In his memoir, he offers a substantive and factual account of his time in the room where it happened.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"This astonishing real-life spy thriller, filled with danger, misplaced loyalties, betrayal, treachery, and pure evil, with a plot twist worthy of John le Carre, is relevant today as a tale of fanaticism and the lengths it takes us to. True Believer reveals the life of Noel Field, an American who betrayed his country and crushed his family. Field, once a well-meaning and privileged American, spied for Stalin during the 1930s and '40s. Then a pawn...
Author
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
This is a full account of how the Cold War arms race finally came to a close. The narrative history sheds light on the people who struggled to end this era of massive overkill, and examines the legacy of the nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that remain a threat today.
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
When William Stephenson arrived in the US towards the end of June 1940 with instructions from the head of MI6 to 'organise' American public opinion, Britain was on the verge of defeat. Surveys showed that just 14% of the US population wanted to go to war against Nazi Germany. But soon that began to change. Those campaigning against America's entry into the war, such as legendary aviator Charles Lindbergh, talked of a British-led plot to drag the US...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The dramatic and meticulously researched new book from former criminal defence attorney and criminal investigator Seth Abramson into the complex web of ties surrounding Donald Trump, showing how proof of collusion was only the beginning of the story. In late 2015, international dealmaker and current cooperating witness in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation George Nader convened a secret meeting aboard a massive luxury yacht in the...
Author
Publisher
Icon
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
January, 1977. While the chief of the CIA's Moscow station fills his gas tank, a stranger drops a note into the car. In the years that followed, that stranger, Adolf Tolkachev, became one of the West's most valuable spies. At enormous risk Tolkachev and his handlers conducted clandestine meetings across Moscow, using spy cameras, props, and private codes to elude the KGB in its own backyard - until a shocking betrayal put them all at risk. Drawing...
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