A World of Trouble

By Patrick Tyler

Tyler draws on newly opened presidential archives to dramatize the approach to the Middle East across U.S. presidencies from Eisenhower to George W. Bush, showing how each president has managed to undo the policies of his predecessor, often fomenting anger against America.Evaluating the ways in which the United States' relationship with the Middle East influences foreign policy, a historical analysis of America's presence in the region traces the positive and negative efforts by presidents from Eisenhower to George W. Bush.
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A Long Time Coming; The Inspiring, Combative 2008 Campaign

By Evan Thomas

Offers an insider's narrative on this exciting presidential election through a review of the important figures, key issues, secret meetings, and crucial turning points that shaped and changed the outcome of major events during the race.
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Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why Americans Vote the Way They Do

by Andrew Gelman, David Park, and Boris Shor. On the night of the 2000 presidential election, Americans sat riveted in front of their televisions as polling results divided the nation's map into red and blue states. Since then the color divide has become a symbol of a culture war that thrives on stereotypes--pickup-driving red-state Republicans who vote based on God, guns, and gays; and elitist, latte-sipping blue-state Democrats who are woefully out of touch with heartland values. Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State debunks these and other political myth. (Check catalog)

Wounded Warriors: Those for Whom the War Never Ends

by Mike sager. Wounded Warriors offers the unforgettable true stories of veterans' obstacles, adversity, and stubborn transcendence, all captured stylishly by the writer who has been called the beat poet of American journalism. (Check catalog)