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No public figure in contemporary life has elicited more polarized reactions than Hillary Rodhan Clinton.The first presidential spouse who pursued a major policy-making role,the belea-guered first lady has been a heroine and role model to her feminist allies—and,to her conservative foes,a malevolent ,power-mad shrew.Is she Bill Clinton's greatest asset,or his greatest liability? Now David Brock ,America's most controver-sial journalist,has taken on the most controversial first lady in history,producing a boldly incisive yet surprisingly sensitive portrait.The Hillary Rodham who emerges from these pages is not just a fasci-nating and unofficial leader of an activist lib-eral cohortthat was born in the social and civil unrest of the1960s and has risen tothe highest lev-els of Americna goernment .A political biography of the highet order,the Seducion of Hillary Rodham is the story of one strong-willed wonan's struggle tomaintain her personal and political intergrity in the face ofpowerfuly seductive forces
The wide ranging adventures of outdoorsman, naturalist andU.S. President, Theodore Roosevelt, are collected in this anthologyof African safaris, ranch life in the American West, and a perilfilled trip down Brazil's legendary River of Doubt.
In this provocative and timely book, Middle East expert LeeSmith overturns long-held Western myths and assumptions about theArab world, offering advice for America’s future success in theregion. Seeking the motivation behind the September 11 attacks, Smithmoved to Cairo, where he discovered that the standard explanation—aclash of East and West—was simply not the case. Middle Eastconflicts have little to do with Israel, the United States, or theWest in general, but are endemic to the region. According toSmith’s “Strong Horse Doctrine,” the Arab world naturally alignsitself with strength, power, and violence. He argues that Americamust be the strong horse in order to reclaim its role there, andthat only by understanding the nature of the region’s ancientconflict can we succeed.
From Henry Clay to Newt Gingrich -- the men who ruled Congress and changed the course of American history Since the early days of our country, leaders in the House of Representatives have exerted tremendous force and influence on government policy and consequently on both domestic and world affairs. Now, two prominent public figures profile nine of America's most provocative, colorful, and controversial congressional leaders: Henry Clay, James Polk, Thaddeus Stevens, James Blaine, Thomas Reed, Joe Cannon, Nicholas Longworth, Sam Rayburn, and Newt Gingrich. Capturing the personalities of these men in revealing anecdotes, the Cheneys present a telling chronicle of how power in the House affects not only congressional politics, but the nation as a whole.
Translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt with an introduction andNotes by John M. Marincola.
King,a former courier of top-secret information,delivers a tightly wound debut thriller centered around a complex and sometimes cloudy conspiracy theory.While working as the deputy legal attache for the U.S.Embassy in Warsaw,down-to-earth FBI agent Stan Penskie witnesses the assassination of his sister's fiance,a CIA agent who'd posited a shocking conspiracy theory.The event throws Stan's life into a tailspin and leads him on a frenzied chase after a group called the Fifth Internationale,"an elusive organization of unthinkable resources and proportions" that may be bent on destabilizing world power structures and financial markets.Through his quest,Stan meets people from various government agencies,but he has no idea who to trust or even where his investigation is leading.Readers will empathize with Stan's bewilderment as they try to untangle the story's many threads"a task that will challenge even the most diligent reader.Intelligent dialogue,relentless pacing and well-rounded characters(including a haunting
Moscow,1988.It is the twilight of the Cold War.and the KGB is at its most ruthless.In the Last three years,ten CIA operatives have been executed or neutralized.Langley has no idea how the KGB seems to be able to predict the CLA's every move,but some believe they are using an invisible electromagnetic powder that allows them to keep tabs on anyone who touches it:spy dust. 作者简介：ANTONIO MENDEZ is the former chief of disguise for the Cla recipient of the CLA's Intelligence Star of Valor and the Trailblaz Award,he is the author of a previous nonfiction work,The Mast of Disguise.JONNA MENDEZ is a twenty-seven-year veteran the CLA who served as a technical operations officer and chief The Agency,and helped design the international Spy Museum downtown Washington,D.C.,where they are founding boamembers.They live in Maryland withe their son,Jesse.Visit tlauthors at their Web site:www.themasterofdisguise,com.
Warfighting is an authentic American philosophy ofaction that will thrill the millions of fans of SunTzu's The Artof War and Musashi's T he Book of Five Rings . Thismodern classic of strategy and philosophy is the quintessentialguide to prevailing in competitive situations, be it war, work,play, or daily living. Sometimes life is war and sometimes business is war andsometimes you need to call in the Marines. Over the past twohundred years, the Marines have developed a reputation for gettingthe job done-fearlessly, boldly, and taking no prisoners. Whatbetter role model for the hidden warriors in ourselves? What betteradvice to call on when the stakes are high and sensitivity justisn't going to work? Written in 1989 as a philosophical andstrategic guide-book for the US. Marine Corps, Warfighting is a worthy successor to SunTzu's The Art Of War . Withclarity, brevity, and wisdom, it describes the basic forces at workin every competitive situation whether on the field of battle, inthe boardro
