LXdirect Knowledge is power – here is the background you need to understand where we are now and how we got here. Bush at War Author: Bob Woodward From the author of eight New York Times bestsellers comes an authoritative account of the first 18 months of the Bush White House, and perhaps the biggest story since the end of the Vietnam War. Based on hundreds of interviews throughout the Administration, Woodward's account will provide... A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide Author: Samantha Power A character-driven study of some of the darkest moments in our national history, when America failed to prevent or stop 20th-century campaigns to exterminate Armenians, Jews, Cambodians, Iraqi Kurds, Bosnians, and Rwandans . Drawing upon declassified cables, private papers, exclusive... What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East Author: Lewis Bernard For centuries, the world of Islam was in the forefront of human achievement -- the foremost military and economic power in the world, the leader in the arts and sciences of civilization. Christian Europe was seen as an outer darkness of barbarism and unbelief from which there was nothing to learn... Endgame: Solving the Iraq Problem Once and For All Author: Scott Ritter WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT IRAQ? Scott Ritter spent seven years in Iraq as an arms inspector for the United Nations. His 1998 resignation as the U.N.'s chief weapons inspector there made front-page headlines around the world. In Endgame , Ritter draws on his experiences... War Plan Iraq: Ten Reasons Against War with Iraq Author: Milan Rai War Plan Iraq brings together the arguments that can shake President Bush and Prime Minister Blair's determination to start an illegal war with Iraq. Despite Washington's claims that the only options are inaction or invasion and that 'inaction is not an option', War Plan Iraq... Iraq: Myth and Reality Author: Dilip Hiro George Bush Sr. described Saddam Hussein as the "new Hitler," while his son, George W., during a recent state of the union address, accused Iraq of being part of an "axis of evil." Since 1990 few places have inspired such high dudgeon in U.S. political circles as Iraq, a country easily demonized... When You Ride Alone You Ride with Bin Laden: What the Government Should be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism Author: Bill Maher "Bill Maher has inherited the mantle of Mark Twain and Jonathan Swift and he wears it with aplomb. If he were living in any other time or in one of many other countries, he would truly be in danger of being put to death for his legendary ability to say the unthinkable and say it better (and before)... Longitudes And Attitudes: The World In The Age Of Terrorism Author: Thomas L. Friedman America's leading observer of the international scene on the minute-by-minute events of September 11 -- before, during, and after. As the Foreign Affairs columnist for The New York Times , Thomas L. Friedman is in a unique position to interpret the world for American... American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy Author: Andrew Bacevich In a challenging book, Andrew Bacevich reconsiders the assumptions and purposes governing the exercise of American global power. Examining the presidencies of George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton - as well as George W. Bush's first year in office - he demolishes the view that the United States... The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq Author: Kenneth Pollack In The Threatening Storm , Kenneth M. Pollack , one of the world’s leading experts on Iraq, provides a masterly insider’s perspective on the crucial issues facing the United States as it moves toward a new confrontation with Saddam Hussein. For the past... The Two Faces of Islam: The House of Sa'ud from Tradition to Terror Author: Stephen Schwartz In this informed, compelling exploration of Moslem beliefs and of the sectarian conflicts within the community, a Jewish historian paints a sympathetic portrait of mainstream Islam and exposes the centuries-old roots of Osama bin Laden’s extremism. The difficult, protracted war... War on Iraq: What Team Bush Doesn't Want You To Know Author: William Rivers Pitt 1. There is no basis for war. 2. Removing Saddam Hussein is pointless given the political environment in Iraq. If the first basis is removed (i.e., reintroduction of arms inspectors) the second will become Team Bush's focus. The resulting conflict will not be a televised in-and-out affair like the... Further Reading Saddam Hussein: King of Terror - Con Coughlin Saddam's Iraq: Face-Off in the Gulf: Face-Off in the Gulf - Journalists of Reuters War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning - Chris Hedges The Future of Peace: On the Frontlines with the World's Great Peacemakers - Scott Hunt Black Hawk Down - Mark Bowden Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power in a Violent World - Jean Bethke Elshtain Blowback: The Costs And Consequences Of American Empire - Chalmers Johnson Forbidden Truth: U.S.-Taliban Secret Oil Diplomacy, Saudi Arabia and the Failed Search for bin Laden - Jean-Charles Brisard The Conflict in the Middle East Essential Reading List Don't Miss Out And the Nominees Are... 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