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Conspiracy Theory in America
$17.95 Add to cartEver since the Warren Commission concluded that a lone gunman assassinated President John F. Kennedy, people who doubt that finding have been widely dismissed as conspiracy theorists, despite credible
- Series: Discovering America #6
- Author: Dehaven-Smith, Lance
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 15, 2014
- ISBN10: 0292757697
- Language: English
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American Maelstrom: The 1968 Election and the Politics of Division
$34.99 Add to cartIn his presidential inaugural address of January 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson offered an uplifting vision for America, one that would end poverty and racial injustice. Elected in a landslide over the conse
- Series: Pivotal Moments in World History
- Author: Cohen, Michael A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 18 2016
- ISBN10: 019977756X
- Language: English
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Common Sense
$14.00 Add to cartThe radical pamphlet that helped incite the American Revolution
Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and–above all–essential reads from American political history, selected by lead- Series: Penguin Civic Classics
- Author: Paine, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 28 2012
- ISBN10: 0143122002
- Language: English
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The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s
$23.00 Add to cartA New York Times bestseller, this is the “outstanding” (The Atlantic), insightful, and authoritative account of Dwight Eisenhower’s presidency.
Drawing on newly declassified documents and thousands of- Author: Hitchcock, William I.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1451698429
- Language: English
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics
$25.99 Add to cart“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics. It’s a wonderful, necessary book.”
– Hillary Clinton
The four most powerful African American women in politics share the story of their friendship and ho- Author: Brazile, Donna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 125013773X
- Language: English
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Benjamin Harrison: The American Presidents Series: The 23rd President, 1889-1893
$33.99 Add to cartThe scion of a political dynasty ushers in the era of big government
An engrossing ferry to 19th century America, Benjamin Harrison is sure to capture every political enthusiast’s attention. Join Char- Series: American Presidents
- Author: Calhoun, Charles W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 06 2005
- ISBN10: 0805069526
- Language: English
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They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace Vietnam and America October 1967
$21.99 Add to cartDavid Maraniss tells the epic story of Vietnam and the sixties through the events of a few gripping, passionate days of war and peace in October 1967.With meticulous and captivating detail, They March… [more below]
- Author: Maraniss, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 572
- Publish Date: October 04 2004
- ISBN10: 0743261046
- Language: English
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A Pretext for War: 9/11, Iraq, and the Abuse of America’s Intelligence Agencies
$22.00 Add to cartA Pretext for War reveals the systematic weaknesses behind the failure to detect or prevent the 9/11 attacks, and details the Bush administration’s subsequent misuse of intelligence to sell preemptive
- Author: Bamford, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 10 2005
- ISBN10: 140003034X
- Language: English
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Wisconsin for Kennedy: The Primary That Launched a President and Changed the Course of History
$24.95 Read moreThe behind-the-scenes story of JFK’s 1960 Wisconsin primary campaign
When John F. Kennedy ran for president in 1960, he did something no candidate had done before: he leveraged the power of state pri- Author: Hollars, B. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1976600170
- Language: English
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Safire’s Political Dictionary
$26.99 Add to cartWhen it comes to the vagaries of language in American politics, its uses and abuses, its absurdities and ever-shifting nuances, its power to confound, obscure, and occasionally to inspire, William Saf… [more below]
- Author: Safire, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 896
- Publish Date: March 31 2008
- ISBN10: 0195340612
- Language: English
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The Authoritarians: Their Assault on Individual Liberty, the Constitution, and Free Enterprise from the 19th Century to the Present
$26.95 Add to cartThe untold story of how Authoritarians from the Progressive Era to the present removed all constitutional barriers to the deprivation of individual rights, upending the promise of the Declaration of I… [more below]
- Author: Emord, Jonathan W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 502
- Publish Date: February 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1631953923
- Language: English
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James Buchanan: The American Presidents Series: The 15th President, 1857-1861
$31.99 Add to cartA provocative reconsideration of a presidency on the brink of Civil War
Almost no president was as well trained and well prepared for the office as James Buchanan. He had served in the Pennsylvania st- Series: American Presidents
- Author: Baker, Jean H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 07 2004
- ISBN10: 0805069461
- Language: English
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Inside Impeachment-Diary of a Congressman: Lessons Learned
$22.65 Add to cartThis diary provides an inside look at what many members of Congress privately think about impeachment from both a Republican and Democrat perspective and the huge burden of proof required to impeach a
- Author: Stearns, Honorable Clifford B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1665742518
- Language: English
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A Question of Respect: Bringing Us Together in a Deeply Divided Nation
$18.95 Add to cartA Question of Respect speaks to voters who are tired of a political environment that ends in immovable stalemate, grounded by a political party’s voter base without addressing solutions or attempting … [more below]
- Author: Goeas, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 238
- Publish Date: November 29 2022
- ISBN10: 1636980406
- Language: English
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Radical Betrayal: How Liberals & Neoconservatives Are Wrecking American Exceptionalism
$39.93 Add to cartFor many, the election of Donald Trump in 2016 was a dream come true. Millions saw him as a redeemer destined to make America great again. For others, his election came as a shock and established forc
- Author: Edwardsson, Anders W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 332
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1959677969
- Language: English
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Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream
$19.99 Add to cartFirst published in 1990, Songs of the Doomed is back in print–by popular demand! In this third and most extraordinary volume of the Gonzo Papers, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson recalls high and hideous momen… [more below]
- Author: Thompson, Hunter S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0743240995
- Language: English
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Founding Fathers: The Essential Guide to the Men Who Made America
$19.99 Add to cartAn authoritative, accessible guide to the figures who shaped a nation
How did upstart colonists solidify the ideas celebrated in the Declaration of Independence and defeat the powerful British army? H- Author: The Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0470117923
- Language: English
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Genesis
$30.99 Add to cartA probing look at one of the most incendiary subjects of our time–the relationship between the United States and Israel
There has been more than half a century of raging conflict between Jews and Arab- Author: Judis, John B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 17 2015
- ISBN10: 0374535124
- Language: English
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Reconstruction: A Concise History
$20.99 Add to cartThe era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history. It succeeded in reuniting the nation politically after the Civil War but in little else. Conflict shifted from the b… [more below]
- Author: Guelzo, Allen C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0190865695
- Language: English
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We’re with Nobody
$15.99 Read moreWe’re With Nobody is a thrilling, eye-opening insider’s view of a little-known facet of the political campaign process: the multi-million dollar opposition research industry, or “oppo” as it’s called.
- Author: Huffman, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 29 2019
- ISBN10: 006201577X
- Language: English
