An account of U.S. military policy in the Arabian Peninsula nation of Yemen from 1980 to 2012.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
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Author:Johnsen, Gregory D.Summary: -
Author:Filkins, DexterSummary:An instant classic of war reporting, The Forever War is the definitive account of America's conflict with Islamic fundamentalism and a searing exploration of its human costs. Through the eyes of Filkins, a foreign correspondent for...
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Author:Woodward, Bob.Summary:Follows Pulitzer Prize-winning author's "Bush at War" with a behind-the-scenes account of President George W. Bush's decision to invade Iraq. Draws on interviews with Bush and others to chronicle crucial operations...
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Author:Chomsky, NoamSummary:"Reading Chomsky today is sobering and instructive . . . He is a global phenomenon . . . perhaps the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet." -The New York Times Book Review
An immediate national bestseller,...
- Author:Slahi, Mohamedou OuldSummary:
Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been held at Guantánamo, Cuba, though he has never been charged with a crime. Begun three years into his captivity, Slahi's diary serves as a record of a miscarriage of justice, a deeply personal...
- Author:Prince, ErikSummary:
The founder of Blackwater, the world's most controversial military contractor, describes how the company took on high-risk security jobs around the world, completing nearly 100,000 missions in Afghanistan and Iraq, only to have...
- Author:Goodman, AmySummary:
Amy Goodman breaks through the corporate media’s lies, sound-bites, and silence in this wide-ranging new collection of articles. In place of the usual suspects, the “experts” who, in Goodman’s words, “know so little about so much,...
- Author:Eichenwald, KurtSummary:
Presents an account of the first five hundred days after September 11 that reveals previously undisclosed information about the terror wars, warrantless wiretapping, and the anthrax attacks.
