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National Security

A selection of great books on war, conflict, politics, history, climate, and other national security topics.
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Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan (Steve Coll)
Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
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Steve Coll
Ghost Wars by Steve Coll
Ghost Wars by Steve Coll
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The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century (Steve Coll)
The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century
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Steve Coll
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sh
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sh
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The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
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Black Hawk Down (Mark Bowden)
Black Hawk Down
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Mark Bowden
Descent Into Chaos (Ahmed Rashid)
Descent Into Chaos
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Ahmed Rashid
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia (Ahmed Rashid)
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
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Ahmed Rashid
Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan and Afghanistan (Ahmed Rashid)
Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan and Afghanistan
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Ahmed Rashid
National Security (Marc Cameron)
National Security
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Marc Cameron
The 9/11 Report: The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (National Commission on States)
The 9/11 Report: The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
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National Commission on States
Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War (James Mann)
Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War
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James Mann
The Generals (Thomas Ricks)
The Generals
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Thomas Ricks
War (Sebastian Junger)
War
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Sebastian Junger
LEGACY OF ASHES: THE HISTORY OF THE CIA
LEGACY OF ASHES: THE HISTORY OF THE CIA
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Decision Points
Decision Points
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House of Bush, House of Saudi (Craig Unger)
House of Bush, House of Saudi
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Craig Unger
Bush at War (Bob Woodward)
Bush at War
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Bob Woodward
The Obama Nation
The Obama Nation
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Hard Choices (Hillary Rodham Clinton)
Hard Choices
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Hillary Rodham Clinton
My Life (Bill Clinton Autobiography)
My Life (Bill Clinton Autobiography)
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Reagan at Reykjavik (Ken Adelman)
Reagan at Reykjavik
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Ken Adelman
My Life With the Taliban (Abdul Salam Zaeef)
My Life With the Taliban
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Abdul Salam Zaeef
A Preponderance of Power: National Security, Truman Administration and the Cold War (Melvyn P. Leffler)
A Preponderance of Power: National Security, Truman Administration and the Cold War
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Melvyn P. Leffler
In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan (Seth G. Jones)
In the Graveyard of Empires: America's War in Afghanistan
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Seth G. Jones
Out of Control: The Story of the Reagan Administration's Secret War in Nicaragua (Leslie Cockburn)
Out of Control: The Story of the Reagan Administration's Secret War in Nicaragua
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Leslie Cockburn
United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense (Robert McNamara and the US Department of Defense)
United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense
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Robert McNamara and the US Department of Defense
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, by Thomas Ricks (Thomas Ricks)
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, by Thomas Ricks
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Thomas Ricks
Molehunt: The Secret Search for Traitors That Shattered the CIA (David Wise)
Molehunt: The Secret Search for Traitors That Shattered the CIA
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David Wise
Intelligence in War: Knowledge of the Enemy From Napoleon to Al-Qaeda (John Keegan)
Intelligence in War: Knowledge of the Enemy From Napoleon to Al-Qaeda
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John Keegan
Intelligence Wars (Thomas Powers)
Intelligence Wars
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Thomas Powers
The Iraq Study Group Report (Anonymous)
The Iraq Study Group Report
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Anonymous
Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq (Michael R. Gordon)
Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
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Michael R. Gordon
Why We Lost: A General's Inside Account of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars (Daniel P. Bolger)
Why We Lost: A General's Inside Account of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
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Daniel P. Bolger
Vietnam: A History
Vietnam: A History
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (William L. Shirer)
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
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William L. Shirer
Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire by David Remnick
Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire by David Remnick
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The Last Empire: the Final Days of the Soviet Union (SERHII PLOKHY)
The Last Empire: the Final Days of the Soviet Union
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SERHII PLOKHY
China - A New History (John King Fairbank)
China - A New History
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John King Fairbank
Waiting for the Taliban (Anna Badkhen)
Waiting for the Taliban
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Anna Badkhen
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