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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
State of denial	Bob Woodward	"State of Denial examines how the Bush administration avoided telling the truth about Iraq to the public, to Congress, and often to themselves. Two days after the May report, the Pentagon told Congre…	OL11651221W
Of knowledge and power	Robert Kennedy	"This work examines the many roadblocks the Intelligence Community confronts as it attempts to provide accurate and timely intelligence in support of American foreign policy and national security int…	OL11952635W
The superpower myth	Nancy E. Soderberg	Foreword I Things fall apart 9 II Crossing the Rubicon 32 III Go as peacemakers 54 IV Force and diplomacy 76 V A realistic foreign policy? 101 VI A new breed of terrorists 129 VII The myth of…	OL13638504W
Courting Disaster	Marc A Thiessen	White House speechwriter Marc Thiessen was locked in a secure room and given access to the most sensitive intelligence when he was tasked to write President George W. Bush's 2006 speech explaining th…	OL15174964W
Obama's Wars	Bob Woodward	Bob Woodward interviewed dozens of high-ranking government officials to compile this record of the discussions and thought processes behind President Obama's decision to increase the American presenc…	OL15390550W
Your government failed you	Richard A. Clarke	The bestselling author of "Against All Enemies" now looks at why national security failures have continued and how America and the world can succeed against violent Islamist extremists.	OL15841262W
The fence	Robert Lee Maril	"Investigates the reality of the proposed 2,000-mile-long border 'fence' between the United States and Mexico. First-person interviews and rigorous analysis of government documents uncover fiscal mis…	OL16011297W
The CIA on campus	Philip Zwerling	"This collection of nine essays in diverse academic fields explores the pernicious penetration of intelligence services into U.S. campus life to exploit academic study, recruit students, skew publica…	OL16014499W
Top secret America	Dana Priest	Describes the enormous, top-secret, invisible universe created by the government after 9/11 and describes why the system in place to keep us safe may actually be putting us in greater danger.	OL16172068W
Terrorism and national security reform	Jordan Tama	"Terrorism and National Security Reform demonstrates that blue-ribbon commissions can be powerful vehicles for policy change, overturning the conventional wisdom that views them only as devices for p…	OL16460761W
Dependent America?	Stephen Clarkson	"Following the acclaimed Uncle Sam and Us and the influential Does North America Exist? Stephen Clarkson -- the preeminent analyst of North America's political economy -- and Matto Mildenberger turn …	OL17885114W
U.S. border control	Crystal McCage	With the recent rapid growth in the number of illegal immigrants in the United States and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, border control has become a primary concern for Americans. Quest…	OL18722159W
Imported oil and U.S. national security	Keith Crane	"In 2007, on a net basis, the United States imported 58 percent of the oil it consumed. This book critically evaluates commonly suggested links between these oil imports and U.S. national security. T…	OL18771427W
Storming the wall	Todd Miller,Tim Pabon	"According to U.S. military planners, climate change now poses the #1 national security threat to the United States, even before terrorism. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre reports that a …	OL19721814W
Don't wait for the next war	Wesley K. Clark	"Can America have a real national strategy and move forward together without the focus of war? In the twentieth century, America came together to become the "Arsenal of Democracy," and emerged from W…	OL19988520W
They know everything about you	Robert Scheer	"In the first week of June 2013, the American people discovered that for a decade, they had abjectly traded their individual privacy for the chimera of national security. The revelation that the fede…	OL19994558W
US foreign policy and defense strategy	Derek S. Reveron	This work analyzes the strategic underpinnings of US defense strategy and foreign policy since 1945. Primarily intended to be a supplemental textbook, it explains how the United States became a super…	OL20001061W
American national security policy	John T. Fishel	"Security policy is a key factor not only of domestic politics in the U.S., but also of foreign relations and global security. This text sets to explain the process of security policy making in the U…	OL20049717W
Driver's license	Meredith Castile	"A classic teenage fetish object, the American driver's license has long symbolized freedom and mobility in a nation whose design assumes car travel and whose vastness rivals continents. It is yout…	OL23201625W
Alliance curse	Hilton L. Root	"Proposes an analytical foundation for national security that challenges long-held assumptions or outdated suppositions about foreign affairs. Presents case studies of American foreign policy toward …	OL2709183W