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The Patriot Act

2009
Presents fifteen essays that debate various issues that relate to the Patriot Act, and discusses its effectiveness in fighting terrorism, how it affects American civil liberties, and who the Patriot Act effects most.

The end of America

a letter of warning to a young patriot
2007
The author issues a warning to American citizens claiming that free America is under assault and little by little America is being compared with the fascism and totalitarianism of Nazi Germany.

What every American should know about the rest of the world

your guide to today's hot spots, hot shots, and incendiary issues
2003
Provides Americans with critical information about world history, politics, current events, and foreign affairs.

Trouble spots

the world atlas of strategic information
2000

Rogue regimes

terrorism and proliferation
1999

The hypersonic secret

1995
Frank and Joe fight for their lives when they find the plane carrying a man who has connections to vital national security information has been sabotaged.

The Department of Homeland Security

2006
Presents an introduction to the United Stated Department of Homeland Security, providing information on the role of the citizen, its resources and funding, how it uses technology, and more.

Worse than Watergate

the secret presidency of George W. Bush
2004
Former Nixon counsel John Dean presents an indictment of the Bush-Cheney administration, charging that the secrecy under which the Bush White House is operating is undemocratic and symptomatic that scandal is brewing. He cites what he sees as the exploitation of 9/11, the suppression of the rights and liberties of foreigners, U.S. aggression in Iraq, and other actions he says are far worse than Watergate.

My country versus me

the first-hand account by the Los Alamos scientist who was falsely accused of being a spy
2001
Wen Ho Lee, an American scientist born in Taiwan who had devoted almost his entire life to science and to helping improve U.S. defense capabilities, discusses how his life changed after he was accused of being a spy by members of Congress in the late 1990s.

The hawk and the dove

Paul Nitze, George Kennan, and the history of the Cold War
2009
Presents a comprehensive biography of Paul Nitze and George Kennan, describing the influence each man had upon American politics and the events surrounding the Cold War.

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