May 2008 Politics
The Conviction Of Richard Nixon: The Untold Story Of The Frost/Nixon Interviews
$24.95 (Paperback book / Scribe Publications )
The Watergate scandal began with a break-in at the office of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel on June 17, 1971, and ended when President Gerald Ford granted Richard M. Nixon a pardon on September ... More »
My Friend The Fanatic: Travels With An Indonesian Islamist
$34.95 (Trade paperback / Text Publishing )
In October 2002, Sadanand Dhume found himself in a place most foreigners were trying to flee -Bali. Powerful explosions the previous night had ripped through two tourist nightclubs, killing more than 200 people. That eve... More »
Untapped: The Scramble For Africa's Oil
$25.95 (Paperback book / Harcourt )
Although Africa has long been known to be rich in oil, extracting it hadn't seemed worth the effort and risk until recently. But with the price of Middle Eastern crude oil skyrocketing and advancing technology making res... More »
The New Cold War: How The Kremlin Menaces Russia And The West
$35.00 (Trade paperback / Bloomsbury )
In the 1990s, Russia was the sick man of Europe, but the rise to power of former KGB officer Vladimir Putin in 1999 coincided with a huge hike in world oil and gas prices, and after Yeltsin's downfall Putin set about re-... More »
A Mirror Of The Arab World: Lebanon In Conflict
$35.95 (Hardcover book / W W Norton )
It is crucial that the West grasps the complexities of the Arab world. Clearly and concisely Sandra Mackey presents a view of this tortured and tortuous region through the lens of Lebanon.The recent history of Lebanon pr... More »
Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation
$32.95 (Hardcover book / W W Norton )
How the "peace process" has made life impossible for ordinary Palestinians. This book is not about suicide bombers. Tending one's fields, visiting a relative, going to the hospital: for ordinary Palestinians, such everyd... More »
The Man Who Pushed America To War
$49.95 (Hardcover book / Palgrave )
From an Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter comes an explosive biography that tells the untold story of the man most responsible for the war in Iraq: Ahmad Chalabi, a wealthy exile who spent most of his life outsid... More »
The Art Of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop Gerardi?
$45.00 (Hardcover book / Atlantic Books )
On a Sunday night in 1998, Bishop Juan Gerardi, Guatemala's leading human rights activist, was bludgeoned to death in his garage. Just two days earlier, a Church-sponsored report had implicated Guatemala's government in ... More »