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Editor, Ron Hogan FEATURED IN THIS E-MAIL: * What We're Reading: "Irreparable Harm," "Unvanquished," and "The Great Disruption" * Weapons of Mass Infection: Richard Preston and Ken Alibek * Bestsellers: "Shadow," "The Lexus and the Olive Tree," and "Betrayal" * New in Paperback: "Cold New World" and "Henry Hyde's Moral Universe" * Coming Soon: John McCain's "Faith of My Fathers" WHAT WE'RE READING ****************** "Irreparable Harm" by Frank Snepp http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0394505034/entertainmentsit When the CIA sued former agent Frank Snepp over an unauthorized memoir of his Vietnam experiences, he took the battle all the way to the Supreme Court--and lost. "Irreparable Harm" is his story. "Unvanquished" by Boutros Boutros-Ghali http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375500502/entertainmentsit The United States routinely ignores the UN's Security Council and is years behind on its dues, but still expects that it can dominate the international peacekeeping organization. Former secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali begs to differ in "Unvanquished." "The Great Disruption" by Francis Fukuyama http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/068484530X/entertainmentsit "The End of History and the Last Man" established Francis Fukuyama on America's intellectual map. "The Great Disruption" continues his ruminations over the world- spanning social changes of the late 20th century. WEAPONS OF MASS INFECTION ************************* Bestselling author Richard Preston knows a thing or two about deadly plagues--remember "The Hot Zone"? In an informal conversation published exclusively on Amazon.com, Preston talks with Ken Alibek about his career in Soviet biological weapons research, a story that forms the basis of Alibek's memoir, "Biohazard." http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/?keyword=preston+alibek&tag=entertainmentsit "Biohazard" by Ken Alibek http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375502319/entertainmentsit BESTSELLERS *********** "Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate" by Bob Woodward http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684852624/entertainmentsit Bob Woodward was half of the reporting team whose investigative work forced Richard Nixon out of the White House. In "Shadow," he looks at the repercussions of the Watergate scandal on American politics over the last 25 years. "The Lexus and the Olive Tree" by Thomas L. Friedman http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0374192030/entertainmentsit Engaging in a form of "information arbitrage," New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman combines data from the fields of politics, culture, technology, and finance to make the "big picture" of post-cold-war globalization comprehensible. "Betrayal: How the Clinton Administration Undermined American Security" by Bill Gertz http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0895263173/entertainmentsit Have Bill Clinton's "naive" strategies of "appeasement" with China and Russia resulted in a betrayal of American interests, leaving "the United States weaker militarily as its enemies grow stronger and the world becomes more dangerous"? Washington Times correspondent Bill Gertz says yes. NEW IN PAPERBACK **************** "Cold New World" by William Finnegan http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375753826/entertainmentsit "When I first started going to New Haven," writes William Finnegan, "I was taken on a tour of the city's neighborhoods by two black residents. Their conversation reminded me of others I've heard--in countries suffering from chronic guerrilla war." In "Cold New World," Finnegan depicts the lives of teenagers in four parts of the United States, from the low-income neighborhoods just beyond Yale to Southern California's Antelope Valley, as they struggle to hang onto what little they've got. "Henry Hyde's Moral Universe: A Cosmos Where More Than Time and Space Are Warped" by Dennis Bernstein and Leslie Kean http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/156751166X/entertainmentsit Bernstein and Kean want us to believe that U.S. Representative Henry Hyde has flexible standards when it comes to wrongdoing and lawbreaking because he supported the Reagan administration's actions during the Iran-Contra affair but then later, as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, led the fight for Bill Clinton's impeachment. Their argument is most successful when it deals directly with Hyde's own politics and personal life, like his notorious "youthful indiscretion" and his less-known involvement in a corrupt savings and loan. COMING SOON *********** "Faith of My Fathers" by John McCain http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375501916/entertainmentsit Arizona senator--and Republican presidential candidate--John McCain was the son and grandson of U.S. Navy admirals. He joined the navy as a fighter pilot and spent more than five years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. In "Faith of My Fathers," due out in September, he writes about how the lessons he learned from his family prepared him for his wartime experiences--and what he carried over from those experiences into his postwar career. ****** You'll find more great books, articles, excerpts, and interviews in Amazon.com's Nonfiction section at Nonfiction
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