What foreign country has the power to send America crashinginto a recession? Why is the USA still dangerously dependent onoil, when viable energy alternatives have existed for decades? Whomade the call that we should return to nuclear energy-and then tooka high-paying position with a nuclear company? Which youth groupwas a spawning ground for many contemporary power mongers? Whatlobbyists and special-interest groups are running the show onCapitol Hill-and exactly what tools of persuasion are theyusing? Melissa Rossi answers these questions and more in this timely andtopical guide to who's pulling the strings behind the scenes ofAmerican politics. This latest edition of Rossi's popular WhatEvery American Should Know. . . shows Americans what is going onbehind the scenes and how they can counterbalance the influence ofa small, powerful elite to put the power back where it should be-inthe hands of the people.

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The first full reckoning of what actually happened atAbu Ghraib prison-"one of the most devastating of the many books onIraq" ( The New York Times Book Review ) Arelentlesly surprising and perceptive account of the front lines ofthe war on terror, Standard Operating Procedure is a warstory that takes its place among the classics. Acclaimed authorPhilip Gourevitch presents the story behind a defining moment inthe war, and a defining moment in our understanding of ourselves-the infamous Abu Ghraib photographs of prisoner abuse. Drawing onAcademy Award-winning filmmaker Errol Morris's astonishinginterviews with the Americans who took and appeared in thepictures, Standard Operating Procedure is an utterlyoriginal book that stands to endure as essential reading long afterthe current war in Iraq passes from the headlines.

Thomas E. Ricks, senior Pentagon correspondent for the Washington Post , puts forth in Fiasco a masterfulreckoning with the planning and execution of the American militaryinvasion and occupation of Iraq, now with a preface on recentdevelopments. Ricks draws on the exclusive cooperation of anextraordinary number of American personnel—including more than onehundred senior officers—and access to more than 30,000 pages ofofficial documents, many of them never before made public.Tragically, it is an undeniable account—explosive, shocking, andauthoritative—of unsurpassed tactical success combined withunsurpassed strategic failure that indicts some of America’s mostpowerful and honored civilian and military leaders.

As the world's largest democracy and a rising internationaleconomic power, India has long been heralded for its great stridesin technology and trade. Yet it is also plagued by poverty,illiteracy, unemployment, and a vast array of other social andeconomic issues. Here, noted journalist and former Financial TimesSouth Asia bureau chief Edward Luce travels throughout India's manyregions, cultures, and religious circles, investigating its fragilebalance between tradition and modernity. From meetings with keypolitical figures to fascinating encounters with religious pundits,economic gurus, and village laborers, In Spite of the Gods is afascinating blend of analysis and reportage that comprehensivelydepicts the nuances of India's complex situation and its place inthe world.

Starred Review。 Some failures lead to phenomenal successes，andthis American nurse’s unsuccessful attempt to climb K2，the world’ssecond tallest mountain，is one of them。Dangerously ill when hefinished his climb in 1993，Mortenson was sheltered for seven weeksby the small Pakistani village of Korphe； in return， he promised tobuild the impoverished town’s first school， a project that grewinto the Central Asia Institute， which has since constructed morethan 50 schools across rural Pakistan and Afghanistan。 CoauthorRelin recounts Mortenson’s efforts in fascinating detail，presenting compelling portraits of the village elders，con artists，philanthropists，mujahideen， Taliban officials，ambitious schoolgirls and upright Muslims Mortenson met along the way。As the bookmoves into the post-9/11 world， Mortenson and Relin argue that theUnited States must fight Islamic extremism in the region throughcollaborative efforts to alleviate poverty and improve access toeducation，

The catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has broughtnew attention to the huge costs of our oil dependence. In thisstunning and revealing book, Peter Maass examines the social,political, and environmental impact of petroleum on the countriesthat produce it. Every unhappy oil-producing nation is unhappy in its own way, butall are touched by the “resource curse”—the power of oil toexacerbate existing problems and create new ones. Peter Maasspresents a vivid portrait of the troubled world oil has created.From Saudi Arabia to Equatorial Guinea, from Venezuela to Iraq, thestories of rebels, royalty, middlemen, environmentalists,indigenous activists, and CEOs—all deftly and sensitivelypresented—come together in this startling and essential account ofthe consequences of our addiction to oil.

As a defender of national unity, a leader in war, and theemancipator of slaves, Abraham Lincoln lays ample claim to beingthe greatest of our presidents. But the story of his rise togreatness is as complex as it is compelling. In this superb,prize-winning biography, acclaimed historian Richard Carwardineexamines Lincoln’s dramatic political journey, from his early yearsin the Illinois legislature to his nation-shaping years in theWhite House. Here, Carwardine combines a new perspective with acompelling narrative to deliver a fresh look at one of the pillarsof American politics. He probes the sources of Lincoln’s moral andpolitical philosophy and uses his groundbreaking research to cutthrough the myth and expose the man behind it.

One of the most celebrated units in the military for more thana century, by 1990, New York City's Fighting 69th Infantry Regimentof the Army National Guard was scarcely fit for duty. Its equipmentwas derelict, its discipline nonexistent, many of its leadersinept, and its ranks filled with kids barely out of high school whohad little intention of serving their country for any longer thanit took to get their paycheck, college credit, or job training.Then came the attacks of September 11 and the invasion of Iraq. InThe Fighting 69th, Sean Michael Flynn, himself a member of theunit, chronicles the extraordinary transformation of this band ofamateur soldiers into a battle-hardened troop at one of the mostlethal sites of war.

In his final book, completed just before his death, Edward W.Said offers impassioned pleas for the beleaguered Palestinian causefrom one of its most eloquent spokesmen. These essays, whichoriginally appeared in Cairo’s Al-Ahram Weekly, London’s Al-Hayat,and the London Review of Books, take us from the Oslo Accordsthrough the U.S. led invasion of Iraq, and present information andperspectives too rarely visible in America. Said is unyielding in his call for truth and justice. He insistson truth about Israel's role as occupier and its treatment of thePalestinians. He pleads for new avenues of communication betweenprogressive elements in Israel and Palestine. And he is equallyforceful in his condemnation of Arab failures and the need for realleadership in the Arab world.

Are you ready for the leadership moment? Merck's Roy Vagelos commits millions of dollars to develop a drugneeded only by people who can't afford it · Eugene Kranz strugglesto bring the Apollo 13 astronauts home after an explosion ripsthrough their spacecraft · Arlene Blum organizes the first women'sascent of one of the world's most dangerous mountains · Lawrence Chamberlain leads his tattered troops into a pivotal CivilWar battle at Little Round Top · John Gutfreund loses SalomonBrothers when his inattention to a trading scandal almost topplesthe Wall Street giant · Clifton Wharton restructures a $50 billionpension system direly out of touch with its customers · AlfredoCristiani transforms El Salvador's decade-long civil war into anegotiated settlement · Nancy Barry leads Women's World Banking inthe fight against Third World poverty · Wagner Dodge faces thedecision of a lifetime as a fast-moving forest fire overtakes hisfirefighting crew

An impassioned firsthand account of the RussianRevolution An American journalist and revolutionary writer, John Reed becamea close friend of Lenin and was an eyewitness to the 1917revolution in Russia. Ten Days That Shook the World is Reed'sextraordinary record of that event. Writing in the first flush ofrevolutionary enthusiasm, he gives a gripping account of the eventsin Petrograd in November 1917, when Lenin and the Bolsheviksfinally seized power. Containing verbatim reports both of speechesby leaders and of the chance comments of bystanders, and setagainst an idealized backdrop of soldiers, sailors, peasants, andthe proletariat uniting to throw off oppression, Reed's account isthe product of passionate involvement and remains an unsurpassedclassic of reporting.

While America held its breath in the days immediatelyfollowing 9/11, a small but determined group of CIA agents covertlybegan to change history. This is the riveting first-person accountof the treacherous top-secret mission inside Afghanistan to set thestage for the defeat of the Taliban and launch the war onterror. As thrilling as any novel, First In is a uniquely intimate lookat a mission that began the U.S. retaliation against terrorism–andreclaimed the country of Afghanistan for its people. From the Hardcover edition.

Tying into the official theme for the 2009 Inauguration, “A NewBirth of Freedom” from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Penguinpresents a keepsake edition commemorating the inauguration ofPresident-elect Barack Obama with words of the two great thinkersand writers who have helped shape him politically, philosophically,and personally: Abraham Lincoln and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Having Lincoln and Emerson’s most influential, memorable, andeloquent words along with Obama’s much-anticipated historicalinaugural address will be a gift of inspiration for every Americanand a keepsake for generations. Includes: * Barack Obama, Inaugural Address, 2009 * Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, 1865 * Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, 1863 * Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, 1861 * Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance, 1841

这是作者公开出版的第二部文集，包含了作者对世界事务的看法和对一些关于中国的问题的回答。 全书共分 9 章，包括世界秩序、全球变化与中国角色、中美关系、中俄关系和亚洲问题等。鉴于当前国际形势的深刻变化，她希望这本书能让读者更多地了解中国人如何看待世界。 This is the second anthology by the author. It contains her views on world affairs, including her response to some of the questions raised about China. The anthology is divided into nine chapters that include: world order, global changes and China s role, China-US relations, China-Russia relations and Asian issues. Given the profound changes in the current international situation, she hopes this book will give readers more insights about how people in China see the world.

Cooper Ramo is Managing Director and a partner at Kissinger Associates, one of the world's leading strategic advisory firms. Prior to joining Kissinger Associates, he was Assistant Managing Editor of Time and worked in the advisory and banking business in China.

As a former star reporter for NPR, Sarah Chayes developed adevoted listenership for her on-site reports on conflicts aroundthe world. In The Punishment of Virtue , she reveals themisguided U.S. policy in Afghanistan in the wake of the defeat ofthe Taliban, which has severely undermined the effort to builddemocracy and allowed corrupt tribal warlords back into positionsof power and the Taliban to re-infiltrate the country. This is aneyeopening chronicle that highlights the often infuriatingrealities of a vital front in the war on terror, exposing deeper,fundamental problems with current U.S. strategy.

Spy tells, for the first time, the full, authoritative storyof how FBI agent Robert Hanssen, code name grayday, spied forRussia for twenty-two years in what has been called the “worstintelligence disaster in U.S. history”–and how he was finallycaught in an incredible gambit by U.S. intelligence. David Wise, the nation’s leading espionage writer, has called onhis unique knowledge and unrivaled intelligence sources to writethe definitive, inside story of how Robert Hanssen betrayed hiscountry, and why. Spy at last reveals the mind and motives of a man who was awalking paradox: FBI counterspy, KGB mole, devout Catholic,obsessed pornographer who secretly televised himself and his wifehaving sex so that his best friend could watch, defender of familyvalues, fantasy James Bond who took a stripper to Hong Kong andcarried a machine gun in his car trunk. Brimming with startling new details sure to make headlines, Spydiscloses: -the previously untold story of how the FBI got the a

In his inspiring new book, You Don’t Need a Title to Be aLeader , Mark Sanborn, the author of the national bestseller The Fred Factor , shows how each of us can be a leader in ourdaily lives and make a positive difference, whatever our title orposition. Through the stories of a number of unsung heroes, Sanbornreveals the keys each one of us can use to improve ourorganizations and enhance our careers. Genuine leadership – leadership with a “little l ”, as heputs it, is not conferred by a title, or limited to the executivesuite. Rather, it is shown through our everyday actions and the waywe influence the lives of those around us. Among the qualities thatgenuine leaders share: ? Acting with purpose rather than getting bogged down by mindlessactivity ? Caring about and listening to others ? Looking for ways to encourage the contributions and developmentof others rather than focusing solely on personalachievements ? Creating a legacy of accomplishment and contribution ineverything they do As reade

One of The New York Times 10 Best Books of theYear National BestsellerWith a New AfterwordNational Book CriticsCircle Award Finalist A Best Book of the Year: Salon , Slate , The Economist , The Washington Post , Cleveland Plain-Dealer The Dark Side is a dramatic,riveting, and definitive narrative account of how the United Statesmade terrible decisions in the pursuit of terrorists around theworld—decisions that not only violated the Constitution, but alsohampered the pursuit of Al Qaeda. In spellbinding detail, JaneMayer relates the impact of these decisions by which key players,namely Vice President Dick Cheney and his powerful, secretiveadviser David Addington, exploited September 11 to further a longheld agenda to enhance presidential powers to a degree never knownin U.S. history, and obliterate Constitutional protections thatdefine the very essence of the American experiment.

Never before has a journalist penetrated the wall of secrecythat surrounds the U.S. Secret Service. After conducting exclusiveinterviews with more than one hundred current and former SecretService agents, bestselling author and award-winning reporterRonald Kessler reveals their secrets for the first time. ? George W. Bush’s daughters would try to losetheir agents. ? Based on a psychic’s vision that a sniper wouldassassinate President George H. W. Bush, the Secret Service changedhis motorcade route. ? To make the press think he came to work early,Jimmy Carter would walk into the Oval Office at 5 a.m., then nodoff to sleep. ? Lyndon Johnson gave dangerous instructions tohis Secret Service agents and ?engaged in extensive philandering atthe White House.

John McCain is one of the most admired leaders in the UnitedStates government, but his deeply felt memoir of family and war isnot a political one and ends before his election to Congress. Withcandor and ennobling power, McCain tells a story that, in the wordsof Newsweek, "makes the other presidential candidates look likepygmies." John McCain learned about life and honor from his grandfather andfather, both four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy. This is a memoirabout their lives, their heroism, and the ways that sons are shapedand enriched by their fathers. John McCain's grandfather was a gaunt, hawk-faced man known asSlew by his fellow officers and, affectionately, as Popeye by thesailors who served under him. McCain Sr. played the horses, drankbourbon and water, and rolled his own cigarettes with one hand.More significant, he was one of the navy's greatest commanders, andled the strongest aircraft carrier force of the Third Fleet in keybattles during World War II.

"In wartime," Winston Churchill wrote, "truth is so preciousthat she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies." ForBritain's counterintelligence operations, this meant finding theunlikeliest agent imaginable-a history professor named AlfredVicary, handpicked by Churchill himself to expose a highlydangerous, but unknown, traitor. The Nazis, however, have alsochosen an unlikely agent: Catherine Blake, a beautiful widow of awar hero, a hospital volunteer-and a Nazi spy under direct ordersfrom Hitler to uncover the Allied plans for D-Day...

Widely considered in his own time as a genial but provinciallightweight who was out of place in the presidency, Abraham Lincolnastonished his allies and confounded his adversaries by producing aseries of speeches and public letters so provocative that theyhelped revolutionize public opinion on such critical issues ascivil liberties, the use of black soldiers, and the emancipation ofslaves. This is a brilliant and unprecedented examination of howLincoln used the power of words to not only build his politicalcareer but to keep the country united during the Civil War.