21st century history: from c 2000 - books

There is much heated rhetoric about the widening gulf between Europe and America. But are the US and Europe so different?...  Read More >>

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Using exclusive access to key insiders, Harris charts the rise of America's surveillance state over the past 25...  Read More >>

Using exclusive access to key insiders, Harris charts the rise of America's surveillance state over the past 25...  Read More >>

The fullest, most intimate account of life in the Green Zone, the sheltered bubble where idealistic Americans planned...  Read More >>

Covers the Kosovo War, and the overthrow of Milosevic, with close-up accounts of his trial at the Hague, and subsequent...  Read More >>

A searing look at the human face of BP's disaster in the gulf<p>It is the largest oil disaster in American history,...  Read More >>

Zimbabwe's prospects appeared promising in 1980, as it gained independence after a long liberation war. The country...  Read More >>

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Tells the tale of ODA 574, a team of highly trained soldiers who carried out the most politically significant mission...  Read More >>

Damn funny, very entertaining, and a powerful reminder of everything that these troops are sacrificing for us both...  Read More >>

Tyler draws on newly opened presidential archives to dramatize the approach to the Middle East across U.S. presidencies...  Read More >>

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The most critical election in living memory is viewed in real time through the eyes of one of our most trusted political...  Read More >>

From the best-selling author of The Bookseller of Kabul, an intimate look at the daily lives of women, children,...  Read More >>

In January 2007, American aid worker Anke Parhamovich was killed in Baghdad. She was also engaged to the author,...  Read More >>

In 1997 the United Kingdom returned control of Hong Kong to China, ending the city's status as one of the last remnants...  Read More >>

From two of the best political reporters in the country comes the gripping inside story of the historic 2008 presidential...  Read More >>

As the death toll rises, who is right? Frontline Afghanistan provides a visual record of what is happening now plus...  Read More >>

The most candid and revealing political diary for years, which can be read for pleasure and not merely political...  Read More >>

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A soldier's tale of Iraq. This autobiographical tale covers one woman's journey through the first wave of Operation...  Read More >>

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