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Presents the author's first-hand account and observations of living in Afghanistan when his father is appointed President Hamid Karzai's chief spokesman.

Presents a collection of primary and secondary documents and essays that examine the history of instability in Afghanistan, covering its war with the Soviet Union, the rise and fall of the Taliban, and post-Taliban reconstruction. Includes bibliography and index.

Kurt Vonnegut reflects on life in America, drawing on examples from Mark Twain, Jesus Christ, Abraham Lincoln, and others to explore what it means to be an American.

Seventh-grader Jess and her friends establish the Order of the Oleander to collect supplies for an orphanage in Kabul, Afghanistan, where two of their parents are deployed, but when disaster strikes and many blame the Order, Jess must find a way to go on.

President Barack Obama addresses twenty-first century politics in the United States, commenting on economic insecurities of citizens, race, religion, terrorism, threat of a pandemic, and other related issues.

Examines why people around the world hate America, from the Middle East, to developing countries, to Western Europe, and includes discussions on American foriegn policy, the American idolization of violence, and the cultural totalitarianism America exerts throughout the world through globalization.

The author issues a warning to American citizens claiming that free America is under assault and little by little America is being compared with the fascism and totalitarianism of Nazi Germany.

The author presents a hypothetical indictment of President George Bush, Richard Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, and Colin Powell maintaining that Bush tricked the nation into war.

A collection of political cartoons by American illustrator Ward Sutton which includes commentary by the artist.

Offers an in-depth analysis of how the American character has shifted over the last one hundred years to accommodate its new role as world protector while abandoning the virtues of personal liberty, economic freedom, and fiscal restraint, leading to an economic crisis that could threaten the country's future stability.