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1	Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam more books like this by Gordon M Goldstein add to wishlist 'I had a part in a great failure. I made mistakes of perception, recommendation and execution. If I have learned anything I should share it'. These are not words that Americans ever expected to hear from McGeorge Bundy, the national security adviser to presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. But in the last years of his life, Bundy - the ... see all copies from $10.50! new only from $12.26! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot more books like this by Naomi Wolf add to wishlist In a stunning indictment of the Bush administration and Congress, best-selling author Naomi Wolf lays out her case for saving American democracy. With authoritative research and documentation Wolf explains how events of the last six years parallel steps taken in the early years of the 20th century's worst dictatorships such as Germany, Russia, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.75! \| first editions \| SVS
3	State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III more books like this by Bob Woodward add to wishlist "Insurgents and terrorists retain the resources and capabilities to sustain and even increase current level of violence through the next year.'' This was the secret Pentagon assessment sent to the White House in May 2006. The forecast of a more violent 2007 in Iraq contradicted the repeated optimistic statements of President Bush, including one, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Terrorism and Homeland Security more books like this by Jonathan R White add to wishlist TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY: AN INTRODUCTION, Sixth Edition, is the best-selling terrorism book on the market. National terrorism expert Jonathan R. White provides specific examples that will enable you to understand how terrorism arises and how it functions. Dr. White gives essential historical (pre-1980) background on the phenomenon of ... see all copies from $40.33! new only from $59.56! \| SVS
5	The Overlook more books like this by Michael Connelly add to wishlist From bestselling author Connelly comes this electrifying new Harry Bosch novel. In his first case since he left the LAPDs Open Unsolved Unit for the Homicide Special squad, Bosch is called out to investigate a murder that may have chilling consequences for national security. Little, Brown and Company see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Puzzle Palace: Inside America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization more books like this by James Bamford add to wishlist Describes and assesses the activities of the National Security Agency, the nation's most secret government agency--established in secrecy, many times larger than the CIA, and in control of a huge budget and a vast technology. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism more books like this by Ron Suskind add to wishlist A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the #1 bestselling author of "The Price of Loyalty" and "The One Percent Doctrine" returns with an explosive election year account of the looming national security crisis that America faces right now. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush more books like this by John W Dean add to wishlist This highly critical view of the George W. Bush administration is by one of the key figures of the Watergate scandal, Nixon's former counsel John W. Dean. Now a respected columnist and author, Dean deplores what he sees as the Bush administration's strong-arm tactics and its penchant for secrecy, and he faults Bush on both domestic policies and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power more books like this by David E Sanger add to wishlist The chief Washington correspondent of the "New York Times" offers a riveting insider's account describing the national security crises that will confront America's next president. see all copies from $4.00! new only from $9.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years more books like this by David Talbot add to wishlist For decades, books about John or Robert Kennedy have woven either a shimmering tale of Camelot gallantry or a tawdry story of runaway ambition and reckless personal behaviour. But the real story of the Kennedys in the 1960s has long been submerged - until now. In Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years, David Talbot sheds a dramatic new ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Bush at War more books like this by Bob Woodward, M.E add to wishlist Award-winning author and journalist Bob Woodward turns his attention to the presidency of George W. Bush. Before the acts of terrorism on 11 September, George W. Bush's presidency had been beset by numerous problems. Not only was it in many peoples eyes invalid, very few people took him seriously as a world statesman. Then following one violent ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	7 Deadly Scenarios: A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century more books like this by Professor Andrew F Krepinevich add to wishlist Throughout history, great powers have fallen because they failed to anticipate new threats to their security. Now strategy expert Krepinevich forecasts the most horrifying and yet very possible dangers facing America. see all copies from $11.98! new only from $16.12! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Understanding the New Security Environment, Readings and Interpretations more books like this by Russell D Howard (Editor), Reid L Sawyer (Editor) add to wishlist In this new edition of "Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Understanding the New Security Environment, Readings and Interpretations", Brigadier General (Retired) Russell Howard and Major Reid Sawyer have collected original and previously published seminal articles and essays by political scientists, government officials, and members of the nation's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Edge of Disaster: Rebuilding a Resilient Nation more books like this by Stephen Flynn add to wishlist In this eye-opening, vitally important new book, Flynn issues a passionate call to make resiliency to disaster the top national priority. With the wounds of recent national tragedies still unhealed, this is a book no American can afford to ignore. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.46! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Jihad more books like this by Stephen Coonts, James DeFelice add to wishlist Making contact with Al Qaeda's number three man, the Deep Black team learns the terror organization's next target: the bustling economies of the free world. Now it's up to Deep Black to stop the terrorists. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.07! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	UFOs and the National Security State: Chronology of a Cover-Up: 1941-1973 more books like this by Richard M Dolan add to wishlist Richard M. Dolan is a gifted historian whose study of U.S. Cold War strategy led him to the broader context of increased security measures and secrecy since World War II. One aspect of such government policies that has continued to hold the public's imagination for over half a century is the question of unidentified flying objects. UFOs and the ... see all copies from $12.50! new only from $12.50! \| SVS
17 view cover	The Wave more books like this by Walter Mosley add to wishlist Walter Mosley takes a break from mystery writing, returning to science fiction with this allegorical fable. A wave brings with it a large number of reanimated dead people, who claim they are emissaries of a harmony-seeking life force. One of those most personally affected by this phenomenon is Errol Porter, who confronts a somewhat altered and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Deep Black more books like this by Stephen Coonts add to wishlist When a spy plane gathering data on a new Russian weapon is blown out of the sky, the National Security Agency sends its elite covert operations team, Deep Black, into the former Soviet Union to find out what happened--and to prevent the next world war. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Dark Zone more books like this by Stephen Coonts, James DeFelice add to wishlist Charles Dean and Lia DeFrancesca return in the third installment of this "New York Times" bestselling series that pits the secret operatives against a group of terrorists planning to blow up the Chunnel connecting Great Britain and France. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| SVS
20 view cover	Strategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy During the Cold War more books like this by John Lewis Gaddis add to wishlist When "Strategies of Containment" was first published, the Soviet Union was still a superpower, Ronald Reagan was president of the United States, and the Berlin Wall was still standing. This updated edition of Gaddis' classic, carries the history of containment through the end of the Cold War. Beginning with Franklin D. Roosevelt's postwar plans, ... see all copies from $5.69! new only from $12.02! \| SVS
21 view cover	World at Risk: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism more books like this by Bob Graham, Jim Talent, Graham Allison add to wishlist "The greatest danger of another catastrophic attack in the United States will materialize if the world's most dangerous terrorists acquire the world's most dangerous weapons." --"The 9/11 Commission Report " The bipartisan Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism was established by the U.S. Congress ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Securing Japan: Tokyo's Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia more books like this by Richard J Samuels add to wishlist see all copies from $8.34! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Presidential War Power more books like this by Louis Fisher add to wishlist The author examines how U.S. presidents have used their power to make war. Despite the fact that the Constitution specifically empowers Congress to delcare war, presidents since F.D.R. have routinely asserted the power to wage undeclared wars. Fisher argues for a rollback of this presidential power and a return to the framers' intent of reserving ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Your Government Failed You: Breaking the Cycle of National Security Disasters more books like this by Richard A Clarke add to wishlist Richard Clarke's statement to the 9-11 families that "Your government failed you - and I failed you" was the most dramatic moment in the 9-11 Commission hearings. His number 1 bestseller "Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror" explained how the US had stumbled into a struggle with violent Islamist extremists. Now in "Your Government ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.26! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power more books like this by David J Rothkopf add to wishlist Created in 1947 as an advisory and policy-making panel, the National Security Council (NSC) was little-known to the general public until Henry Kissinger put his personal stamp of celebrity on the office of National Security Advisor (NSA) in the 1970s. In this bureaucratic history of the NSC Rothkopf shows how each NSA determined the agenda and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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