21st century history: from c 2000 - books

This book explores the rise of Barack Obama and his vision of One America in the context of profound social and...  Read More >>

The Rumsfeld Memo authorized controversial interrogation practices that migrated to Afghanistan, Abu Ghraib, and...  Read More >>

Offers an assessment of the foreign policy of America's three presidential administrations. This book talks about...  Read More >>

The award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Generation Kill, whose style Newsweek says owes more...  Read More >>

The award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Generation Kill, whose style Newsweek says owes more...  Read More >>

In 1847, Rocky Point Park's humble beginnings as a Sunday school picnic ground gave birth to a true Rhode Island...  Read More >>

On January 16, 2006, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was inaugurated into office as the President of the Republic of Liberia....  Read More >>

With unparalleled intimacy and detail, Woodward's fourth book on the Bush administration offers a gripping account...  Read More >>

Mayer, bestselling author and acclaimed correspondent for ""The New Yorker,"" relates in gripping detail the impact...  Read More >>

According to foreign policy expert Haass, the first Iraq war following Saddam's invasion of Kuwait was both necessary...  Read More >>

Making peace in Northern Ireland was the greatest success of the Blair government, and one of the greatest achievements...  Read More >>

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* 'I devoured this in a few hours - a powerful book of heartbreaking yet flamboyant reportage from a forgotten hell'...  Read More >>

Marking the first 100 days of the Barack Obama Administration, this official work from a collection of well-known...  Read More >>

Presents the inside story of Kurdish guerrilla movement. This book combines reportage and scholarship to give an...  Read More >>

On April 10, 2003, as the world watched a statue of Saddam Hussein come crashing down in the heart of Baghdad, a...  Read More >>

Two of the country's top moral and political observers have produced the first full reckoning of what actually happened...  Read More >>

From the Manhattan Project to the present energy crisis and what it means for our future, this is a sweeping chronicle...  Read More >>

Helmand Province, October 2006: British soldiers are engaged in the most intense, sustained fighting they've faced...  Read More >>

Reveals the US role in the darkest periods of Latin American history, including Pinochet's coup in Chile, the Contra...  Read More >>

Latin Americans are demanding respect and an end to the Washington Consensus. Will the White House listen? Using...  Read More >>

Presenting accounts of the looting of Baghdad and his encounters with ordinary Iraqis all over the country, the...  Read More >>

Written by one of its own graduates, Class 11: Inside the CIA's First Post-9/11 Spy Class is a gripping insider's...  Read More >>

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This incisive collection probes the history of colonialism within Europe and posits that Eastern Europe was in fact...  Read More >>