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Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing
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Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, the Powerful Forces That Put it in the White House & What Their Influence Means for America
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Golden Rule: The Investment Theory of Party Competition and the Logic of Money-Driven Political Systems (American Politics and Political Economy Series)
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Iran Divided: The Historical Roots of Iranian Debates on Identity, Culture, and Governance in the Twenty-First Century
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Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical
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Free the Press: The Death of American Journalism and How to Revive It
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Skin in the Game: Poor Kids and Patriots
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The Formless Empire: A Short History of Diplomacy and Warfare in Central Asia
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Spooked: The Trump Dossier, Black Cube, and the Rise of Private Spies
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Barry Meier (Goodreads Author)
3.39 avg rating — 254 ratings
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The Plots Against the President: FDR, A Nation in Crisis, and the Rise of the American Right
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Sally Denton (Goodreads Author)
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The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine
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Building a Just World Order
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Invisible History: Afghanistan's Untold Story
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Crossing Zero: The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire
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The Valediction: Three Nights of Desmond
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Undoing Drugs: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and the Future of Addiction
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Maia Szalavitz (Goodreads Author)
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Super Imperialism: The Origin and Fundamentals of U.S. World Dominance
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A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir
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The Thistle and the Drone: How America's War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam
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Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization
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Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home, and Committing to the Common Good
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Chuck Collins (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 441 ratings
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The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution
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Lindsay M. Chervinsky (Goodreads Author)
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The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression
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War in the Age of Trump
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Creating Chaos: Covert Political Warfare, from Truman to Putin
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Larry Hancock (Goodreads Author)
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Why The Vietnam War?: Nuclear Bombs and Nation Building in Southeast Asia, 1945-1961
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Michael Swanson (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 82 ratings
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The War State: The Cold War Origins of the Military-Industrial Complex
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Michael Swanson (Goodreads Author)
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Hitler's Cosmopolitan Bastard: Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi and His Vision of Europe
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Qatar and the Gulf Crisis
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The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy
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Davos Man: How the Billionaires Devoured the World
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Global Death Cult: The Order of Nine Angles, Atomwaffen and the Slaughter of the Innocents.
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Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the Making and Breaking of America's Empire
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Jonathan M. Katz (Goodreads Author)
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Divining Desire: Focus Groups and the Culture of Consultation
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False Choices: The Faux Feminism of Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Liza Featherstone (Editor)
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Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden
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The Colonel and I: My Life with Gaddafi
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The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy
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The Meat Racket: The Secret Takeover of America's Food Business
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Christopher Leonard (Goodreads Author)
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Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America
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The Kaepernick Effect: Taking a Knee, Changing the World
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The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World
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Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh
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Monarch
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The Fighting Soul: On the Road with Bernie Sanders
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Our Vision For Liberation: Engaged Palestinian Leaders & Intellectuals Speak Out
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Ramzy Baroud (Editor)
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Ten Myths About Israel
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The Apocalypse and the End of History by Suzanne SchneiderThe Apocalypse and the End of History: Modern Jihad and the Crisis of Liberalism
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Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor
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Woke Capitalism: How Corporate Morality is Sabotaging Democracy
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The Podcaster's Dilemma: Decolonizing Podcasters in the Era of Surveillance Capitalism
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Autumn of the Black Snake: The Creation of the U.S. Army and the Invasion That Opened the West
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The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty
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Dark Quadrant: Organized Crime, Big Business, and the Corruption of American Democracy
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Jonathan Marshall (Goodreads Author)
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Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies and the CIA in Central America
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The Atlantic Realists
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Trouble with Passion: How Searching for Fulfillment at Work Fosters Inequality
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The Universe Is on Our Side: Restoring Faith in American Public Life
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BrexLit: The Problem of Englishness in Pre- and Post- Brexit Referendum Literature
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Dulcie Everitt (Goodreads Author)
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Chronicles of a Radical Criminologist: Working the Margins of Law, Power, and Justice
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The Eleventh Day: 9/11 - The Ultimate Account
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Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now
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4.37 avg rating — 630 ratings
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On the Line: A Story of Class, Solidarity, and Two Women's Epic Fight to Build a Union
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A Spy in Plain Sight: The Inside Story of America's Most Damaging Russian Spy and the Implications for National Security Today
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The Betrayal: How Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans Abandoned America
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Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate
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That's Not Funny: How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them
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Global Civil War: Capitalism Post-Pandemic
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Let's Agree to Disagree: A Critical Thinking Guide to Communication, Conflict Management, and Critical Media Literacy
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The Watchdogs Didn't Bark: The CIA, NSA, and the Crimes of the War on Terror
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Otto Skorzeny: The Devil’s Disciple
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Merchants of Death: A Study of the International Armament Industry
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Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties
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The Algorithmic Society: Technology, Power, and Knowledge
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Hysteria: Crime, Media, and Politics
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Partial Truths: How Fractions Distort Our Thinking
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What Science Is and How It Really Works
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The People's Spiral of US History: From Jigonsaseh to Solartopia… to Life after Trump
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Paradigm Lost: From Two-State Solution to One-State Reality
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