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How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
Tales from the Pentagon
2016
EN
“A dynamic work of reportage” (The New York Times) written “with clarity and...wit” (The New York Times Book Review) about what happens when the ancient boundary between war and peace is erased.Once, war was a temporary state of affairs. Today, America’s wars are everywhere and forever: our enemies change constantly and rarely wear uniforms, and virtually anything can become a weapon. As war expands, so does the role of the US military. Military p...
Tangled Up in Blue
Policing the American City
2021
EN
**Named one of the best nonfiction books of the year by The Washington Post“Tangled Up in Blue is a wonderfully insightful book that provides a lens to critically analyze urban policing and a road map for how our most dispossessed citizens may better relate to those sworn to protect and serve.” —The Washington Post“Remarkable . . . Brooks has produced an engaging page-turner that also outlines many broadly applicable lessons and sensible policy re...
Tangled Up in Blue
Policing the American City
- Narrated by
- Hillary Huber
Unabridged
12 hours 42 min
2021
EN
**Named one of the best nonfiction books of the year by The Washington Post“Tangled Up in Blue is a wonderfully insightful book that provides a lens to critically analyze urban policing and a road map for how our most dispossessed citizens may better relate to those sworn to protect and serve.” —The Washington Post“Remarkable . . . Brooks has produced an engaging page-turner that also outlines many broadly applicable lessons and sensible policy re...
How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything
Tales from the Pentagon
- Narrated by
- Gabra Zackman
Unabridged
13 hours 4 min
2016
EN
“A dynamic work of reportage” (The New York Times) written “with clarity and...wit” (The New York Times Book Review) about what happens when the ancient boundary between war and peace is erased.Once, war was a temporary state of affairs. Today, America’s wars are everywhere and forever: our enemies change constantly and rarely wear uniforms, and virtually anything can become a weapon. As war expands, so does the role of the US military. Military p...
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A sweeping, in-depth history of NSA, whose famous “cult of silence” has left the agency shrouded in mystery for decadesThe National Security Agency was born out of the legendary codebreaking programs of World War II that cracked the famed Enigma machine and other German and Japanese codes, thereby turning the tide of Allied victory. In the postwar years, as the United States developed a new enemy in the Soviet Union, our intelligence community found itself targetin...
The General vs. the President
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A World in Disarray
American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order
- Narrated by
- Dan WorenRichard Haass
Unabridged
8 hours 53 min
2017
EN
**“A valuable primer on foreign policy: a primer that concerned citizens of all political persuasions—not to mention the president and his advisers—could benefit from reading.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesAn examination of a world increasingly defined by disorder and a United States unable to shape the world in its image, from the president of the Council on Foreign Relations**Things fall apart; the center cannot hold. The rules, policies, and institutions...
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The World
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The New York Times bestseller“A clear and concise account of the history, diplomacy, economics, and societal forces that have molded the modern global system.” —Foreign AffairsAn invaluable primer from Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, that will help anyone, expert and non-expert alike, navigate a time in which many of our biggest challenges come from the world beyond our borders.
The Assault on Intelligence
American National Security in an Age of Lies
2018
EN
A blistering critique of the forces threatening the American intelligence community, beginning with the President of the United States himself, in a time when that community's work has never been harder or more importantIn the face of a President who lobs accusations without facts, evidence, or logic, truth tellers are under attack. Meanwhile, the world order is teetering on the brink. North Korea is on the verge of having a nuclear weapon that could reach all of t...
Devil's Bargain
Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Nationalist Uprising
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The instant #1 New York Times bestseller.From the reporter who was there at the very beginning comes the revealing inside story of the partnership between Steve Bannon and Donald Trump—the key to understanding the rise of the alt-right, the fall of Hillary Clinton, and the hidden forces that drove the greatest upset in American political history.Based on dozens of interviews conducted over six years, Green spins the master narrative of the 2016 cam...
Makers and Takers
How Wall Street Destroyed Main Street
2016
EN
**Is Wall Street bad for Main Street America?"A well-told exploration of why our current economy is leaving too many behind." —The New York Times**In looking at the forces that shaped the 2016 presidential election, one thing is clear: much of the population believes that our economic system is rigged to enrich the privileged elites at the expense of hard-working Americans. This is a belief held equally on both sides of political spectrum, and it seems only to be g...











