The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower

 by Robert Baer

Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia

by Ahmed Rashid

 

War is a Racket: The Antiwar Classic by America's Most Decorated Soldier

by Smedley D. Butler

 

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

 by John Perkins

 

Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy (American Empire Project)

by Noam Chomsky

All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror

 by Stephen Kinzer

 

Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq

by Stephen Kinzer

 

Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005

by Thomas E. Ricks

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

by Naomi Klein

A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present

by Howard Zinn

The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (Vintage) by Lawrence Wright

Blowback, Second Edition: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire

by Chalmers Johnson

Why America Slept: The Failure to Prevent 9/11

by Gerald L. Posner

Secrets of the Kingdom: The Inside Story of the Secret Saudi-U.S. Connection

The Three Trillion Dollar War by Linda J. Bilmes and Joseph E. Stiglitz

One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer

by Nathaniel C. Fick