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1	Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies more books like this by M Stanton Evans add to wishlist In this revisionist view of the career of the much-reviled Senator Joseph McCarthy, veteran conservative thinker M. Stanton Evans makes a case that the senator from Wisconsin was right on the one big point that matters most: Communist agents were, indeed, infiltrating the government during the Cold War. Evans backs up his charges, citing a wealth ... see all copies from $3.25! new only from $3.83! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals & Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores more books like this by Michele Malkin add to wishlist This investigative report into immigration practices and border security raises a red warning flag. Author Malkin asserts that America has lost control of its borders, that citizenship is granted to criminals and those with Anti-American sentiments, and that the nation is open to terrorists from abroad. She looks at how the INS, Congress, business ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Beria, Stalin's First Lieutenant more books like this by Amy Knight add to wishlist This is the first comprehensive biography of Lavrentii Beria, Stalin's notorious police chief and for many years his most powerful lieutenant. Beria has long symbolized all the evils of Stalinism, haunting the public imagination both in the West and in the former Soviet Union. Yet because his political opponents expunged his name from public ... see all copies from $5.95! new only from $14.95! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Life & Times of Joe McCarthy more books like this by Thomas Reeves add to wishlist On the 50th anniversary of the House Un-American Activities Committee's formation, this critically acclaimed biography of Joe McCarthy is again available. "(Historian) Thomas C. Reeves has almost certainly written the definitive book on Joseph R. McCarthy. This work can legitimately be described as masterly".--CHICAGO TRIBUNE BOOK WORLD. 15 photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Shooting Star: The Brief Arc of Joe McCarthy more books like this by Tom Wicker add to wishlist Joe McCarthy first became visible to the world on February 9th, 1950, when he delivered a Lincoln Day address in West Virginia. That night he declared, "I have here in my hand a list of 205 members of the Communist Party still working and shaping policy in the State Department." Anti-communism was already a cause embraced by the Republican Party, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
6	A Conspiracy So Immense: The World of Joe McCarthy more books like this by David M Oshinsky add to wishlist Presents a biography of Senator Joe McCarthy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.43! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Omaha Blues: A Memory Loop more books like this by Joseph Lelyveld add to wishlist Lelyveld's effort to recapture his family history takes him on an unforeseen journey past disparate landmarks of the last century, including the Scottsboro trials, the Zionist movement, the Hollywood blacklist, McCarthyism, and Mississippi's "freedom summer" of 1964. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Human Security and the UN: A Critical History more books like this by Professor S Neil MacFarlane, Yuen Foong Khong add to wishlist How did the individual human being become the focus of the contemporary discourse on security? What was the role of the United Nations in "securing" the individual? What are the payoffs and costs of this extension of the concept? Neil MacFarlane and Yuen Foong Khong tackle these questions by analyzing historical and contemporary debates about what ... see all copies from $18.50! new only from $31.14! \| signed copies \| SVS
9	Hitler's Bandit Hunters: The SS and the Nazi Occupation of Europe more books like this by Philip W Blood add to wishlist In August 1942, Hitler directed all German state institutions to assist Heinrich Himmler, the chief of the SS and the German police, in eradicating armed resistance in the newly occupied territories of Eastern Europe and Russia. The directive for "combating banditry" (Bandenbekampfung) became the third component of the Nazi regime's three-part ... see all copies from $10.57! new only from $15.17! \| SVS
10	Reds: McCarthyism in Twentieth-Century America more books like this by Ted Morgan add to wishlist In this landmark work, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Ted Morgan examines the McCarthyite strain in American politics, from its origins in the period that followed the Bolshevik Revolution to the present. Morgan argues that Senator Joseph McCarthy did not emerge in a vacuum—he was, rather, the most prominent in a long line of men who ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.30! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Degaev Affair: Terror and Treason in Tsarist Russia more books like this by Dr. Richard Pipes add to wishlist A noted historian uncovers the fascinating tale of a Russian terrorist who disappeared in 1883 after assassinating the head of the tsar's security division. Sergei Degaev went to America, where he assumed a new identity as a professor of mathematics at the University of South Dakota. No one imagined that the quiet yet popular Alexander Pell had ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Army Surveillance in America, 1775-1980 more books like this by Joan M Jensen add to wishlist Since the Revolution, Americans have debated what action the military should take toward civilians suspected of espionage, treason, or revolutionary activity. This important book-the first to present a comprehensive history of military surveillance in the United States-traces the evolution of America's internal security policy during the past two ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $12.50! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Self Destruct: Dismantling America's Internal Security more books like this by Robert Morris add to wishlist see all copies from $5.98! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Homeland Security for Policing more books like this by Willard M Oliver add to wishlist For courses in Introduction to Policing, Current Police Policies, Issues in Policing and Homeland Security. Unique in focus, Homeland Security for Policing presents a framework for understanding the role police play in today's era of Homeland Security. The only text of its kind, the book examines the events that led up to this new policing era, ... see all copies from $38.76! new only from $38.76! \| first editions
15 view cover	National Incident Management System: Principles and Practice more books like this by Donald W Walsh, Hank T Christen, Jr., Geoffrey T Miller add to wishlist see all copies from $27.78! new only from $27.78! \| SVS
16 view cover	Ground Zero more books like this by Bonnie Ramthun add to wishlist When a computer war game at a high-security military complex ends in the brutal death of a programmer, a homicide cop and a CIA analyst follow a trail of clues through a maze of international intrigue and treachery--and learn that one murder was only the beginning. The author of this debut novel is a former "war gamer" from the Pentagon. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Cultural Norms and National Security: Police and Military in Postwar Japan more books like this by Professor Peter J Katzenstein add to wishlist Nonviolent state behavior in Japan, this book argues, results from the distinctive breadth with which the Japanese define security policy, making it inseparable from the quest for social stability through economic growth. While much of the literature on contemporary Japan has resisted emphasis on cultural uniqueness, Peter J. Katzenstein seeks to ... see all copies from $4.40! new only from $4.50! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer: The Security Clearance Hearing more books like this by Richard Polenberg (Editor) add to wishlist At the end of World War II, J. Robert Oppenheimer was one of America's preeminent physicists. For his work as director of the Manhattan Project, he was awarded the Medal for Merit, the highest honor the U.S. government can bestow on a civilian. Yet, in 1953, Oppenheimer was denied security clearance amidst allegations that he was "more probably ... see all copies from $3.40! new only from $4.98! \| SVS
19 view cover	SAFE: The Race to Protect Ourselves in a Newly Dangerous World more books like this by Martha Baer, Katrina Heron, Oliver Morton add to wishlist Introduces readers to the most fascinating and ingenious problem- solvers of our day - the gathering force of scientists, engineers, technologists and inventors who have been working on the frontiers of technological possibility to combat terrorism and make a safer, better world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Quest for Absolute Security: The Failed Relations Among U.S. Intelligence Agencies more books like this by Athan Theoharis add to wishlist The Kean Commission criticized U.S. intelligence for failing to anticipate the 9/11 terrorist attacks, based on the premise of absolute security. However, says distinguished historian Theoharis, absolute security is an illusory quest that is certain to nurture disappointment--and worse. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	How Patriotic Is the Patriot ACT?: Freedom Versus Security in the Age of Terrorism more books like this by Dr. Amitai Etzioni add to wishlist In his most recent State of the Union Address, President Bush called upon Congress to enact legislation that would extend the time-limited provisions of the controversial anti-terror law known as the Patriot Act (they are scheduled to expire on December 31st, 2005). Championed by Attorney General John Ashcroft and approved by Congress in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Target U S A: : The Inside Story of the New Terrorist War more books like this by Louis R Mizell, Jr., James Grady (Foreword by) add to wishlist A former special agent and intelligence officer reveals the alarming truth about terrorism in America. Did you know? * Puerto Rican terrorists planted a bomb in a New York tavern, killing five people. * Croatian terrorists committed scores of terrorist acts that were reported as street crimes. * A team of Libyan terrorists entered the United ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Maze of Fear: Security and Migration After 9/11 more books like this by John Tirman (Editor) add to wishlist Migration and security after 9/11 from the country's leading social scientists. "On a road that divides Canada and Maine, a Canadian drove thirty feet into the Maine section of town to fill his truck with gasoline without checking in with immigration. He was arrested and held in an American prison for 35 days." —from The Maze of Fear The ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	The Market for Force: The Consequences of Privatizing Security more books like this by Deborah D Avant add to wishlist The legitimate use of force is generally presumed to be the realm of the state. However, the flourishing role of the private sector in security over the last twenty years has brought this into question. In this book Deborah Avant examines the privatization of security and its impact on the control of force. She describes the growth of private ... see all copies from $18.50! new only from $25.85! \| SVS
25 view cover	The State, Democracy and Anti-Terror Laws in India more books like this by Ujjwal Kumar Singh add to wishlist This book examines the implications for Indian society and politics of laws that are made to tackle events and situations out of the ordinary. By reviewing public debates, comparing specific clauses of the laws and noting how they have been interpreted over time in judicial pronouncements, the author: shows how notions like nation, national ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $19.80! \| first editions

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