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Misunderestimated
The President Battles Terrorism, John Kerry, and the Bush Haters
2009
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A riveting portrait of President Bush as he broadens the war on terror overseas—and plunges into high-stakes political battles at home"They misunderestimated me," George W. Bush famously remarked on the eve of his historic presidency. Fractured syntax aside, Bush was right: his detractors misunderstood his appeal to the American public, and underestimated his considerable political skills. In this compelling new book, Bill Sammon reveals how the president is turning these mispercep...
After The Rooster Crows
Real Stories of Faith & Self Discovery
2023
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Bill Sammons, Jr., is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and video producer with 46 years in the media. In AFTER THE ROOSTER CROWS, he shares real-life stories that will help boost your faith, inspires you to follow your dreams, and give you a laugh and perhaps some tears as he gets honest about his wins and losses. You'll be amazed at what lessons you can learn from a broken nose, a hurricane, homeless angels, and a huge rooster in Latvia.
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2010
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Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of America's 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life.In gripping, never-before-heard detail, President George W. Bush brings readers inside the Texas Governor's Mansion on the night of the hotly contested 2000 election; aboard Air Force One on September 11, in the hours after America's most devastating attac...
The Finish
The Killing of Osama bin Laden
2012
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New York Times bestseller: The true behind-the-scenes story of the manhunt for the 9/11 mastermind is "a page-turner" ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune).From the author of Black Hawk Down and Hue 1968, this is a gripping account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. With access to key sources, Mark Bowden takes us inside the rooms where decisions were made and on the ground where the action unfolded.After mastermind...
Known and Unknown
A Memoir
2011
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A powerful memoir from the late former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald RumsfeldWith the same directness that defined his career in public service, Rumsfeld's memoir is filled with previously undisclosed details and insights about the Bush administration, 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It also features Rumsfeld's unique and often surprising observations on eight decades of history.Rumsfeld addresses the challenges and controversies of his illus...
Imperial Life in the Emerald City
Inside Baghdad's Green Zone
2009
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From a walled-off enclave of towering plants, smart villas and sparkling swimming pools - a surreal bubble of pure Americana known as the Green Zone - the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority, under imperial viceroy L. Paul Bremer III, attempted to rule Iraq in the first twelve months after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime.Drawing on hundreds of interviews and internal documents, Rajiv Chandrasekaran tells the memorable story of this ill-prepared attempt to build American demo...
Guests of the Ayatollah
The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam
2007
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The New York Times–bestselling author of Black Hawk Down delivers a "suspenseful and inspiring" account of the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979 ( The Wall Street Journal).On November 4, 1979, a group of radical Islamist students, inspired by the revolutionary Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini, stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran. They took fifty-two Americans captive, and kept nearly all of them hostage for 444 days. In Guests of the Aya...
2011
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The New York Times bestselling journalist and leading conspiracy writer presents his latest findings on the truth behind the 9/11 terror attacks.The terror attacks of September 11, 2001 ushered the United States into an era of war across the Middle East and government surveillance at home. In The Terror Conspiracy Revisited, Jim Marrs updates his authoritative dissection of the official story of 9/11. This revised edition is packed with explosive m...
The Politics of Truth
Inside the Lies That Put the White House on Trial and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity
2007
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Through the last three presidential administrations and two wars with Iraq, no one has personally witnessed, influenced, or fueled news over more history-making events than Joseph Wilson. The last American diplomat to sit face-to-face with Saddam Hussein, he is a consummate insider who has the intelligence, principles, and independence to examine current American foreign policy and the inner workings of government and to form a candid assessment of the United States' involvement in the wor...
Objective Troy
A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone
2015
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Objective Troy tells the gripping and unsettling story of Anwar al-Awlaki, the once-celebrated American imam who called for moderation after 9/11, a man who ultimately directed his outsized talents to the mass murder of his fellow citizens. It follows Barack Obama’s campaign against the excesses of the Bush counterterrorism programs and his eventual embrace of the targeted killing of suspected militants. And it recounts how the president directed the mammoth machinery of spy agenc...
2004
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Fahrenheit 9/11 is the scorching cinema sensation that sent waves of shock and awe across the globe. Now you can get the facts behind the most talked about film of the year. Here Mike gives you the full, explosive transcript of the smash hit that's got the phoney President running for the hills - with extra outtakes that never made the final cut. He fires back at the critics with his own 'Fact Bible' to prove that it's all true, and gives us just a taste of the buzz that's made this movie ...
Chain of Command
The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib
2009
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A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist examines how America's war on terror led from the September 11th attacks to a war in Iraq.Since September 11, 2001, Seymour M. Hersh has riveted readers—and outraged the Bush Administration—with his explosive stories in The New Yorker, including his headline-making pieces on the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Now, Hersh brings together what he has learned, along with new reporting, to answer the critical question of th...











