Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Nemesis	Chalmers A. Johnson	In Blowback, Chalmers Johnson linked the CIA's clandestine activities abroad to disaster at home. In The Sorrows of Empire, he explored the ways in which the growth of American militarism has jeopard…	OL11137419W
The myth of the imperial judiciary	Mark Kozlowski	"The Myth of the Imperial Judiciary explores the anti-judicial ideological trend of the American right, refuting these claims and taking a realistic look at the role of courts in our democracy to sho…	OL12489623W
Idiot America	Charles P. Pierce	The Culture Wars Are Over and the Idiots Have WonA veteran journalist's acidically funny, righteously angry lament about the glorification of ignorance in the United States.In the midst of a career-l…	OL13647053W
Known and Unknown	Donald Rumsfeld	Donald Rumsfeld tells the story of his career serving as a Congressman, and working for several Presidents in different capacities including two stints as Secretary of Defense. He describes Rumsf…	OL15670836W
Innocent abroad	Martin Indyk	If the next American president wants to succeed in the Middle East, his diplomacy will need to take account of the lessons of past failures, presented here in a gripping book by a former two-time U.S…	OL15837247W
Washington	Meg Greenfield	"Narrated in Greenfield's unforgettable voice, created in secret before her death in 1999, hidden from almost all of her friends and family, Washington is an exploration of a subculture that is both …	OL15845832W
Our Revolution	Bernie Sanders	"When Bernie Sanders began his race for the presidency, it was considered by the political establishment and the media to be a "fringe" campaign, something not to be taken seriously. After all, he wa…	OL17611779W
Alt-America	David A. Neiwert	456 pages ; 25 cm	OL17892612W
What Happened	Hillary Rodham Clinton	The former secretary of state relates her experiences as the first woman candidate nominated for president by a major party, discussing the sexism, criticism, and double standards she had to confront…	OL18147676W
The unfinished journey	William Henry Chafe	Considering both the paradoxes and the possibilities of postwar America, William H. Chafe portrays the significant cultural and political themes that have colored our country's past and present, incl…	OL1912830W
Democracy's edge	Frances Moore Lappé	Three out of five Americans, both Republicans and Democrats, feel our country is headed in the wrong direction. America is at the edge, a critical place at which we can either renew and revitalize or…	OL1925805W
Right moves	Jason M. Stahl	" ... Traces the progression of think tanks from the rise of a broad conservative movement and the turn away from New Deal liberalism, their expanding role in advancing a neoconservative foreign poli…	OL19720514W
The gifted generation	David R. Goldfield	A history of the post-World War II decades traces the efforts of an activist federal government to guide the U.S. toward a realization of the American Dream, exploring the era's unprecedented economi…	OL19726216W
The politics of major policy reform in postwar America	Jeffery A. Jenkins,Sidney M. Milkis	"The Politics of Major Policy Reform in Postwar America examines the politics of recent landmark policy in areas such as homeland security, civil rights, health care, immigration, and trade, and it d…	OL20001031W
Unlikeable	Klein, Edward	Presents a critical assessment of Hillary Clinton to consider why she may not be a popular choice for the American presidency.	OL20008117W
Outsider in the White House	Bernard Sanders	As Bernie Sanders continues to cement his reputation as hero to the progressive left with his run for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, this expanded and updated edition of his 1997 po…	OL20014993W
The life and times of George McGovern	Thomas J. Knock	The biography of the 1972 Democratic presidential candidate who became America's most eloquent and prescient critic of the Vietnam War. In this masterful book, Thomas Knock traces George McGovern's l…	OL20023338W