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The Battle for Egypt: Dispatches from the Revolution Battle for Egypt	Yasmine El Rashidi El Rashidi	In a series of riveting dispatches, Cairo native Yasmine El Rashidi provides an eyewitness account of the entire 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Contributors: Timothy Garton Ash
Liu Xiaobo's Empty Chair: Chronicling the Reform Movement Beijing Fears Most Liu Xiaobo's Empty Chair	Perry Link Link	In this ebook original, Perry Link brings together an incisive new profile of Liu Xiabo and the first full English translation of Charter 08.
The Military Error: Baghdad and Beyond in America's War of Choice Military Error	Thomas Powers Powers	Why did George W. Bush invade Iraq? Thomas Powers uses a broad perspective to examine the American tendency to respond to political crises with military force. An expert on CIA intelligence, Powers explains how the Bush administration made its case for war, using faulty intelligence to argue that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction and posed a mounting threat to the Middle East.
Miami and the Siege of Chicago Miami and the Siege of Chicago	Norman Mailer Mailer	1968 was one of the most tumultuous years in American politics and society, the effects of which reverberate today. Norman Mailer was on the ground, covering Nixon's relentlessly stage-managed nomination in Miami as well as the Democratic convention in Chicago—where the violence at the heart of the American dream exploded on the streets. Contributors: Frank Rich
Justice at War: The Men and Ideas that Shaped America's War on Terror Justice at War	David Cole Cole	David Cole takes a critical look at John Ashcroft, Alberto Gonzales, John Yoo, and David Addington, the men who made the decisions that shaped America's war on terror. Cole argues that America can prevail against the threat of terror not by dismantling the checks and balances that guarantee the fairness of our justice system, but by restoring them.
The Consequences to Come: American Power After Bush Consequences to Come	Robert B. Silvers Silvers	This collection of essays from The New York Review of Books looks back at the legacy of Bush, Cheney, and Rove, and ahead to the challenges and opportunities that will face America during the next administration. Contributors include Mark Danner, Joan Didion, Jonathan Freedland, Peter Galbraith, Joseph Lelyveld, Jonathan Raban, Frank Rich, Arthur Schlesinger Jr, and Michael Tomasky.
The Supreme Court Phalanx: The Court's New Right-Wing Bloc Supreme Court Phalanx	Ronald Dworkin dworkin	Ronald Dworkin analyzes the partisan decisions of the current Supreme Court and argues that Justices John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas have created a conservative alliance bent on rewriting constitutional law, leaving past decisions on issues such as abortion, affirmative action, and campaign financing vulnerable to reversal in the next several years.
The Struggle for Iran Struggle for Iran	Christopher de Bellaigue Bellaigue	Who rules Iran, and how secure is their grip on a young and restless society? How should the world respond to allegations that the Islamic Republic is building nuclear weapons and supporting terrorists? Bellaigue addresses these and other questions in this essential guide to a nation that is certain to be in the headlines for some time to come.
Bush's Fringe Government Bush's Fringe Government	Garry Wills Wills	One of America's foremost historians looks at the state of American democracy and the influence of the Catholic Church.
Welcome to Doomsday Welcome to Doomsday	Bill Moyers Moyers	Welcome to Doomsday is an investigation into the coupling of ideology and theology, in particular the intrusion of religion into political life, in America today.