March 2018 list by Dan Berube
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| Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Steve CollPicking up where his Pulitzer-Prize winning Ghost Wars left off, author Steve Coll examines American intelligence activity in Afghanistan and Pakistan post-9/11 and the war against the Taliban and al-Qaeda. Coll pays particular attention to the complicated relationship between the CIA and Pakistan’s Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI). |
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Brave
by Rose McGowan
The Charmed star and award-winning director traces her remarkable childhood escape from an Italian cult and her meteoric rise to one of Hollywood's most famous actresses, describing how she endured nightmarish exposure and sexualization before committing herself to feminist causes.
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| The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook by Niall FergusonAcclaimed, bestselling historian Niall Ferguson tackles collisions between established hierarchies and upstart networks throughout history, arguing that they have led to political and social change. From ancient Rome to the current day, Ferguson looks at various networks such as the 18th-century Illuminati and Facebook.
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| A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America by T. Christian Miller and Ken ArmstrongPulitzer Prize-winning journalists T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong examine the ways in which rape cases are investigated in the United States. Rather than looking at sexual assaults as a whole, the authors focus on one particular case, that of a teenage victim who was accused of false reporting, resulting in an eye-opening look at how cases can be handled, mishandled, and later resolved. |
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| Building the Great Society: Inside Lyndon Johnson's White House by Joshua ZeitzPresents an analysis of the Johnson administration that reveals how the legendary Great Society programs were actually put into practice, profiling major figures in the liberal reforms of the 1960s while warning readers of the consequences of dismantling at-risk programs ranging from Medicare to Head Start.
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The Food Explorer
by Daniel Stone
Documents the adventures and legacy of 19th-century botanist and food explorer David Fairchild to reveal the stories of how diverse crops ranging from avocadoes and mangoes to seedless grapes and pomegranates were introduced to America from faraway cultures.
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Black Fortunes
by Shomari Wills
Relates the stories of the first black millionaires in the United States, former slaves who became self-made entrepreneurs in the years between 1830 and 1927, discussing their achievements and the difficult challenges they endured.
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The Source: How Rivers Made America and America Remade Its Rivers
by Martin Doyle
An environmental history of the role of rivers in shaping American politics, economics and society touches on subjects ranging from conservation and the New Deal to the Hoover Dam and Hurricane Katrina, drawing on experts from diverse backgrounds to explore how the natural and human transformations of rivers have made a significant impact on the nation.
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Everything You Love Will Burn: Inside the Rebirth of White Nationalism in America
by Vegas Tenold
Traces the dark story of how white supremacist and nationalist groups rose in influence to achieve political support at the highest levels of government, examining in particular the contributions of Traditionalist Workers Party leader Matthew Heimbach to transforming once-small groups into threatening mainstream organizations.
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The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War
by Benn Steil
The award-winning author of The Battle of Bretton Woods traces the dramatic history of the Marshall Plan and the ambitious efforts of Secretary of State George C. Marshall to reconstruct western Europe as a bulwark against communist authoritarianism, tracing a two-year period that shaped the collapse of postwar U.S.-Soviet relations and the beginning of the Cold War.
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Waco:A Survivor's Story
by David Thibodeau
One of nine survivors of the attack on the Branch Davidian compound in 1993 describes how he came to join the religious community and offers an eyewitness account of the tragedy, with an updated epilogue that revisits the remaining survivors.
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