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The Pentagon's Brain: An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
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The Pentagon's Brain

By Annie Jacobsen ,

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The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink
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The Peacemaker

By William Inboden ,

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The Man Who Kept the Secrets: Richard Helms And The CIA
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The Man Who Kept the Secrets

By Thomas Powers ,

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Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century
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Our Man

By George Packer ,

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All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon's Perspective on Climate Change
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All Hell Breaking Loose

By Michael T. Klare ,

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Irreparable Harm: A Firsthand Account of How One Agent Took on the CIA in an Epic Battle Over Free Speech
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Irreparable Harm

By Frank Snepp ,

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Blind Over Cuba: The Photo Gap and the Missile Crisis
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Blind Over Cuba

By David M. Barrett , Max Holland ,

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Threat on the Horizon: An Inside Account of America's Search for Security After the Cold War
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Threat on the Horizon

By Loch K. Johnson ,

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Cyber Attacks: Protecting National Infrastructure
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Cyber Attacks

By Edward Amoroso ,

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Strangers and Brothers
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Strangers and Brothers

By C.P. Snow ,

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By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest is Changing the World
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By All Means Necessary

By Elizabeth C. Economy , Michael Levi ,

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Chronology of a Coverup, 1941-1973
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Chronology of a Coverup, 1941-1973

By Richard Dolan ,

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How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon
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How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything

By Rosa Brooks ,

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Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump
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Reign of Terror

By Spencer Ackerman ,

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Insecure Gulf: The End of Certainty and the Transition to the Post-oil Era
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Insecure Gulf

By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen ,

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The Edge of Disaster: Rebuilding a Resilient Nation
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The Edge of Disaster

By Stephen Flynn ,

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Perception and Misperception in International Politics
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Perception and Misperception in International Politics

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Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes
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Warnings

By Richard A Clarke , R P Eddy ,

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Hard Choices: What Britain Does Next
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Hard Choices

By Peter Ricketts ,

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Selling the Korean War: Propaganda, Politics, and Public Opinion in the United States, 1950-1953
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Selling the Korean War

By Steven Casey ,

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The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir
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The Room Where It Happened

By John Bolton ,

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The Essence of Security: Reflections in Office
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The Essence of Security

By Robert S. McNamara ,

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Deadly Transfers and the Global Playground: Transnational Security Threats in a Disorderly World
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Deadly Transfers and the Global Playground

By Robert Mandel ,

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Globalization and Security Relations across the Taiwan Strait: In the shadow of China
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Globalization and Security Relations across the Taiwan Strait

By Ming-chin Monique Chu (editor) , Scott L. Kastner (editor) ,

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Strength Through Peace: How Demilitarization Led to Peace and Happiness in Costa Rica, and What the Rest of the World can Learn From a Tiny, Tropical Nation
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Strength Through Peace

By Judith Eve Lipton , David P. Barash ,

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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
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Legacy of Ashes

By Tim Weiner ,

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The Imagineers of War: The Untold Story of DARPA, the Pentagon Agency That Changed the World
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The Imagineers of War

By Sharon Weinberger ,

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The Hawk and the Dove
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The Hawk and the Dove

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Bodyguard of Lies
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Bodyguard of Lies

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The Agency
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The Agency

By John Ranelagh ,

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The Poet's Game
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The Poet's Game

By Paul Vidich ,

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The Mission
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The Mission

By Tim Weiner ,

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