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LEVIATHAN
THOMAS HOBBES 1651
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THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO
KARL MARX 1848
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CAPITAL
KARL MARX 1885
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THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE 1883
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MEIN KAMPH
ADOLPH HITLER-
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HITLER'S SECOND BOOK: THE UNPUBLISHED SEQUEL TO MEIN KAMPH
ADOLPH HITLER, GERHARD L. WEINBERG, ED
ENIGMA 300 PGS $32.00
HARVEST OF DESPAIR: LIFE AND DEATH IN UKRAINE UNDER NAZI RULE
KAREL C. BERKHOFF
HARVARD 463 PGS $29.95
A WOMAN IN BERLIN: A DIARY: EIGHT WEEKS IN THE CONQUERED CITY
ANONYMOUS
METROPOLITAN 288 PGS $23.00
FRANCE AND THE NAZI THREAT: THE COLLAPSE OF FRENCH DIPLOMACY 1932-1939
JEAN-BAPTISTE DUROSELLE CATHERINE E. DOP & ROBERT L. MILLER, ENG TRANS
ENIGMA 508 PGS $26.00
ON LOOKING INTO THE ABYSS
GERTRUDE HIMMELFARB MO 01 11
ALFRED A. KNOPF 192 PGS $23.00
THE ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY, PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE STATE
FREDERICK ENGELS
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SOCIALISM: THE NATION OF FATHERLESS CHILDREN
DAVID GOLDSTEIN NOTE: 1ST OF A SERIES OF 10
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MEMOIRS
EDWARD TELLER
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DARKNESS AT NOON
ARTHUR KOESTLER
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BROTHERHOOD OF THE BOMB
GREGG HERKEN
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THE BLACK BOOK OF COMMUNISM
XXX (RELEASED FILES)
XXX 870 PGS $37.50
SACRED SECRETS: HOW SOVIET INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS CHANGED AMERICAN HISTORY
JERROLD % LEONA SCHECTER MO 02 03
BRASSEY'S 402 PGS $26.95
A CENTURY OF VIOLENCE IN SOVIET RUSSIA
ALEXANDER N. YAKOVLEV
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STALIN’S LAST CRIME: THE PLOT AGAINST THE JEWISH DOCTORS 1948-1953
JONATHAN BRENT & VLADIMIR P. NAUMOV
HARPERCOLLINS 399 PGS $26.95
SPAIN BETRAYED: THE SOVIET UNION IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
R. RADOSH, M. HABECK, G. SEVOSTIANOV, ED. MO 01 07
YALE 537 PGS $35.00
THE BREAKING POINT: HEMINGWAY, DOS PASSOS, AND THE MURDER OF JOSE' ROBLES
STEPHEN KOCH
COUNTERPOINT 308 PGS $24.95
THE RED MILLIONAIRE: A POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF WILLI MUENZENBERG, MOSCOW’S
SECRET PROPAGANDA TSAR IN THE WEST 1917-1940
SEAN McMEEKIN
YALE UNIV. 416 PGS $32.50
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SOVIET EMPIRE
BRIAN CROZIER
XXX XXX $30.00
WHAT STALIN KNEW: THE ENIGMA OF BARBAROSSA
DAVID E. MURPHY
YALE UNIV 340 PGS $30.00
HITLER YOUTH
MICHAEL H. KATER
HARVARD 355 PGS $27.95
HITLER'S TABLE TALK, 1941-1944: HIS PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS
XXX
ENIGMA BOOKS 788 PGS $32.00
HITLER: 1xxx1935: HUBRIS
IAN KERSHAW
NORTON XXX XXX
HITLER: 1936-1945: NEMESIS
IAN KERSHAW
NORTON 1115 PGS $35.00
HITLER'S POLICE BATTALIONS: ENFORCING RACIAL WAR IN THE EAST
EDWARD B. WESTERMANN
UNIV KANSAS 329 PGS $34.95
INSIDE HITLER'S BUNKER: THE LAST DAYS OF THE THIRD REICH
JOACHIM FEST, TRANS BY MARGOT BETTAUER
DEMBO, FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX 190 PGS $21.00
MUSSOLINI: THE LAST 600 DAYS OF IL DUCE
RAY MOSELEY
TAYLOR TRADE PUBLISHING 432 PGS XXX
IN STALIN'S SECRET SERVICE
W.G. KRIVITSKY
ENIGMA BOOKS 306 PGS $27.00
STALIN: THE COURT OF THE RED TSAR
SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE
KNOPF 816 PGS $30.00
RUSSIAN CONSERVATISM AND ITS CRITICS: A STUDY IN POLITICAL CULTURE
RICHARD PIPES
YALE UNIV 240 PGS $30.00
HOW COMMUNISM SEDUCED THE AMERICAN FILM INDUSTRY IN THE 1930s AND 1940s
KENNETH LLOYD BILLINGSLEY MO 01 03
PRIMA PUBLISHING XXX XXX
ALGER HISS'S LOOKING-GLASS WARS: THE COVERT LIFE OF A SOVIET SPY
G. EDWARD WHITE
OXFORD UNIV. 297 PGS $30.00
DOUBLE LIVES: STALIN, WILLI MUNZENBERG AND THE SEDUCTION OF THE INTELLECTUALS
STEPHEN KOCH
ENIGMA 421 PGS $18.00
LET US TALK OF MANY THINGS
WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR.
XXX XXX $30.00
THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL
WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR.
WILEY 212 PGS $19.95
THE GREAT TERROR (1968)
ROBERT CONQUEST
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THE HARVEST OF SORROW (1986)
ROBERT CONQUEST
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DRAGONS OF EXPECTATION: REALITY AND DELUSION IN THE COURSE OF HISTORY
ROBERT CONQUEST
NORTON 272 PGS $24.95
SOURCES AND TECHNIQUES OF OBTAINING NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY INTELLIGENCE
HUO ZHONGWEN & WANG ZONGXIAO
TBD 250 PGS XXX
THE VENONA SECRETS: EXPOSING SOVIET ESPIONAGE AND AMERICA'S TRAITORS
HERBERT ROMERSTEIN & ERIC BREINDEL MO 01 03 MO 03 06
REGNERY PUBLISHING 400 PGS $29.95
THE SECRET WORLD OF AMERICAN COMMUNISM
EARL HAYNES & HARVEY KLEHR
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VENONA: DECODING SOVIET ESPIONAGE IN AMERICA
EARL HAYNES & HARVEY KLEHR
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IN DENIAL: HISTORIANS, COMMUNISM & ESPIONAGE
EARL HAYNES & HARVEY KLEHR MO 04 04
ENCOUNTER 300 PGS $25.95
THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ENEMY
STANISSLAV LUNEV & IRA WINKLER
REGNERY PUBLISHING 177 PGS $24.95
THE MAIN ENEMY CIA vs. KGB
MILTON BEARDON & JAMES RISEN MO 04 03
RANDOM HOUSE 576 PGS $27.95
DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER FALL OF THE USSR
MICHAEL DOBBS
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GULAG: A HISTORY
ANNE APPLEBAUM
DOUBLEDAY 677 PGS $35.00
FROM THE GULAG TO THE KILLING FIELDS: PERSONAL ACCOUNTS OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE
AND REPRESSION IN COMMUNIST STATES
PAUL HOLLANDER
ISI 750 PGS $35.00
KOBA THE DREAD: LAUGHTER AND THE TWENTY MILLION
MARTIN AMIS
VINTAGE 336 PGS $14.00 PB
A CENTURY OF GENOCIDE: UTOPIAS OF RACE AND NATION
ERIC D. WEITZ
PRINCETON 360 PGS $29.95
DEFENDING THE U.S. HOMELAND
CENTER FOR STRATEGIC & INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (CSIS) WASHINGTON, D.C.
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AGAINST ALL HOPE: A MEMOIR OF LIFE IN CASTRO'S GULAG
ARMANDO VALLADARES, TRANS BY ANDREW HURLEY MO 01 10
ENCOUNTER 428 PGS $16.95
THE ITINERANT (NOVEL)
WILLIAM HERRICK SPANISH WAR VETERAN
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HERMANOS! (NOVEL)
WILLIAM HERRICK SPANISH WAR VETERAN
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JUMPING THE LINE: THE ADVENTURES AND MISADVENTURES OF AN AMERICAN RADICAL
WILLIAM HERRICK SPANISH WAR VETERAN A MEMOIR
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COMMIES: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE OLD LEFT, THE NEW LEFT, AND THE LEFTOVER LEFT
RONALD RADOSH MO 02 04 MO 05 07
ENCOUNTER 216 PGS $24.95
RED SPY QUEEN: A BIOGRAPHY OF ELIZABETH BENTLEY
KATHRYN S. OLMSTED
NORTH CAROLINA 288 PGS $27.50
ELIZABETH BENTLEY: THE SPY WHO USHERED IN THE McCARTHY ERA
LAUREN KESSLER
HARPERCOLLINS 372 PGS $26.95
THE LIVES OF AGNES SMEDLEY
RUTH PRICE
OXFORD 498 PGS $35.00
HOLOCAUST: A HISTORY
DEBORAH DWORK & ROBERT JAN VAN PELT
NORTON 480 PGS $27.95
THE TRIUMPH OF WOUNDED SOULS: SEVEN HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR'S LIVES
BERNICE LERNER
NOTRE DAME 292 PGS $28.00
DEFYING HITLER: A MEMOIR
SEBASTIAN HAFFNER
FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX 272 PGS XXX
ENDING THE VIETNAM WAR: A HISTORY OF AMERICA’S INVOLVEMENT IN AND EXTRICATION
FROM THE VIETNAM WAR
HENRY KISSINGER
SIMON & SCHUSTER 640 PGS $18.00
DARKNESS AT DAWN: THE RISE OF THE RUSSIAN CRIMINAL STATE
DAVID SATTER
YALE 314 PGS $29.95
RUSSIA IN SEARCH OF ITSELF
JAMES H. BILLINGTON
JOHNS HOPKINS 234 PGS $24.95
KREMLIN RISING: VLADIMIR PUTIN'S RUSSIA AND THE END OF REVOLUTION
PETER BAKER & SUSAN GLASSER
SCRIBNER 464 PGS $27.50
CHIANG KAI-SHEK: CHINA'S GENERALISSIMO AND THE NATION HE LOST
JONATHAN FENBY
CARROLL & GRAF 736 PGS $30.00
MAO: THE UNKNOWN STORY
JUNG CHANG & JON HALLIDAY
KNOPF 814 PGS $35.00
UNDER THE LOVING CARE OF THE FATHERLY LEADER: NORTH KOREA AND THE KIM DYNASTY
BRADLEY K. MARTIN
THOMAS DUNNE 880 PGS $29.95
ROGUE REGIME: KIM JONG IL AND THE LOOMING THREAT OF NORTH KOREA
JASPER BECKER
OXFORD 300 PGS $28.00
THE TIANANMEN PAPERS
ANONYMOUS PARTY OFFICIAL
TBD XXX XXX
BAD ELEMENTS: CHINESE REBELS FROM LOS ANGELES TO BEIJING
IAN BURUMA MO 02 04
RANDOM HOUSE 367 PGS $27.95
CHINESE LESSONS: FIVE CLASSMATES AND THE STORY OF THE NEW CHINA
JOHN POMFRET
HOLT 336 PGS $26.00
THE CHINA THREAT: HOW THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC TARGETS AMERICA
BILL GERTZ MO 01 01 MO 01 04
REGNERY PUBLISHING 280 PGS $27.95
THE NEW CHINESE EMPIRE: AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE UNITED STATES
ROSS TERRILL MO 03 08
BASIC 432 PGS $30.00
CHINA'S NEW NATIONALISM: PRIDE, POLITICS AND DIPLOMACY
PETER HAYS GRIES
UNIV. OF CALIF 224 PGS $24.95
ANNUAL REPORT ON THE MILITARY POWER OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (2003)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
GOVT PRINTING OFFICE XXX XXX
LOSING THE NEW CHINA: A STORY OF AMERICAN COMMERCE, DESIRE AND BETRAYAL
ETHAN GUTMANN
ENCOUNTER 253 PGS $25.95
GANG OF ONE: MEMOIRS OF A RED GUARD
FAN SHEN
UNIV OF NEBRASKA 294 PGS $24.95
CHINA'S TRAPPED TRANSITION
MINXIN PEI
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THE CUBAN REVOLUTION AND THE UNITED STATES, 1958-1960
MARK FALCOFF
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CUBA: THE MORNING AFTER- CONFRONTING CASTRO’S LEGACY
MARK FALCOFF
AEI 285 PGS $25.00
THE OPIUM OF THE INTELLECTUALS (OPIUM DES INTELLECTUALS) 1955
RAYMOND ARON
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A SECRET LIFE: THE POLISH OFFICER, HIS COVERT MISSION, AND THE PRICE HE PAID TO
SAVE HIS COUNTRY
BENJAMIN WEISER
PUBLIC AFFAIRS 400 PGS $27.50
BOMBERS, BOLSHEVIKS AND BOOTLEGGERS: A STUDY OF CONSTITUTIONAL SUBVERSION
LEON F. SCULLY JR. (THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE & THE 4TH AMENDMENT) MO 01 07
PUBLIUS 464 PGS $29.95
FREEDOM IN CHAINS: THE RISE OF THE STATE AND THE DEMISE OF THE CITIZEN
JAMES BOVARD MO 01 02
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS 326 PGS $26.95
RED ACROPOLIS, BLACK TERROR: THE GREEK CIVIL WAR AND THE ORIGINS OF THE
SOVIET-AMERICAN RIVALRY, 1943-1949
ANDRE GEROLYMATOS
BASIC 300 PGS $27.50
AT THE ABYSS: AN INSIDER'S HISTORY OF THE COLD WAR
THOMAS C. REED
BALLANTINE BOOKS 368 PGS $25.95
THE CASE FOR DEMOCRACY: THE POWER OF FREEDOM TO OVERCOME TYRANNY AND TERROR
NATAN SHARANSKY MO 05/01
PUBLIC AFFAIRS 303 PGS $26.95
FEAR NO EVIL
NATAN SHARANSKY
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WHERE WE HAVE HOPE: A MEMOIR OF ZIMBABWE
ANDREW MELDRUM
ATLANTIC MONTHLY 228 PGS $24.00
THE BATTLE FOR ZIMBABWE: THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
GEOFF HILL
ZEBRA 308 PGS $21.95
THE COLLAPSE OF ZIMBABWE IN THE WAKE OF THE 2000-2003 LAND REFORMS
CRAIG RICHARDSON MO 05 04
EDWIN MELLON 172 PGS $99.95
THE FATE OF AFRICA: FROM THE HOPES OF FREEDOM TO THE HOUSE OF DESPAIR; A HISTORY
OF 50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE
MARTIN MEREDITH
PUBLICAFFAIRS 734 PGS $35.00
EUSSR: THE SOVIET ROOTS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
VLADIMIR BUKOVSKY
SOVEREIGNTY PUBLICATIONS (UK) XXX XXX
THE CUBE AND THE CATHEDRAL: EUROPE, AMERICA, AND POLITICS WITHOUT GOD
GEORGE WEIGEL MO 05 04
BASIC 224 PGS $23.00
THE DICTATORS: HITLER'S GERMANY, STALIN'S RUSSIA
RICHARD OVERY
W.W. NORTON 848 PGS $35.00
FIDEL: HOLLYWOOD'S FAVORITE TYRANT
HUMBERTO E. FONTOVA
REGNERY 229 PGS $27.95
MANY UNHAPPY RETURNS: ONE MAN'S QUEST TO TURN AROUND THE MOST UNPOPULAR
ORGANIZATION (THE IRS) IN AMERICA
CHARLES O. ROSSOTTI
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL 340 PGS $26.95
ARMAGEDDON: THE BATTLE FOR GERMANY, 1944-1945
MAX HASTINGS
ALFRED A. KNOPF 584 PGS $30.00
STALIN: A BIOGRAPHY
ROBERT SERVICE
HARVARD UNIV. 715 PGS $29.95
FROM DARWIN TO HITLER: EVOLUTIONARY ETHICS, EUGENICS AND RACISM IN GERMANY
RICHARD WEIKART
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN 312 PGS $59.95
STALIN: THE COURT OF THE RED TSAR (2004)
SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE
ALFRED A. KNOPF XXX XXXTHE FUTURE OF THE UNITED NATIONS: UNDERSTANDING THE PAST TO CHART A WAY FORWARD
JOSHUA MURAVCHIK MO 05-07
AEI 175 PGS $20.00
THE U.N. EXPOSED: HOW THE UNITED NATIONS SABOTAGES AMERICA'S SECURITY AND FAILS
THE WORLD
ERIC SHAWN
SENTINEL 336 PGS $23.95
THE KGB FILE OF ANDREI SAKHAROV
JOSHUA RUBENSTEIN & ALEXANDER GRIBANOV, EDS
YALE 448 PGS $45.00
THE UN GANG: A MEMOIR OF INCOMPETENCE, CORRUPTION, ESPIONAGE, ANTI-SEMITISM AND
ISLAMIC EXTREMISM AT THE UN SECRETARIAT
PEDRO SANJUAN MO 05 08
DOUBLEDAY 208 PGS $24.95
GENERAL MOTORS AND THE NAZIS: THE STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF OPEL, EUROPE'S BIGGEST
CARMAKER
HENRY ASHBY TURNER JR.
YALE 208 PGS $38.00
STASILAND: TRUE STORIES FROM BEHIND THE BERLIN WALL
ANNA FUNDER
GRANTA 288 PGS $16.95
MICHAEL POLANYI: THE ART OF KNOWING
MARK T. MITCHELL
ISI 215 PGS $15.00
MY CORRECT VIEWS ON EVERYTHING
LESZEK KOLAKOWSKI
ST. AUGUSTINE'S 284 PGS $32.00
HISTORY'S LOCOMOTIVES: REVOLUTIONS AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD
MARTIN MALIA
YALE UNIV 360 PGS $30.00
THE BLACK HOLE OF AUSCHWITZ
PRIMO LEVI; MARCO BELPOLITI, ED, SHARON WOOD, TRANSLATOR
POLITY PRESS 240 PGS $23.95
THE CHINA FANTASY: HOW OUR LEADERS EXPLAIN AWAY CHINESE REPRESSION
JAMES MANN MO 07 01
VIKING 127 PGS $19.95
GOD DOES NOT EXIST
BENITO MUSSOLINI
XXX xxx PGS $xx.xx
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UNIV xxx PGS $xx.xx
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