Political Science - 2012-2013 Catalog

Benjamin Wittes

LAW AND THE LONG WAR The Future of Justice in the Age of Terror “Very simply, this is the best study of the legal problems arising from the U.S. war on terror. Whether Wittes is writing on Guantanamo, habeas corpus, military commissions, electronic surveillance, torture and coercive interrogation, or preventive detention, he is invariably illuminating and thoughtful.” —Philip Bobbitt, Columbia University. Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-311532-8 • $18.00

Joel Brenner

f AMERICA THE VULNERABLE Inside the New Threat Matrix of Digital Espionage, Crime, and Warfare

See Media and Technology, page 19

AMERICAN DIPLOMACY AND FOREIGN POLICY

Clive Stafford Smith f THE INJUSTICE SYSTEM A True Story of Crime and Punishment

The maverick criminal defense lawyer tells the story of his most frustrating case, guiding us through the whole scaffolding of the legal process and revealing a fundamentally broken system whose goal is not so much to find the right man as to convict.

Viking • 352 pp. • 978-0-670-02370-7 • $27.95 Available November 2012

REPORTING VIETNAM American Journalism 1959–1975 Introduction by Ward Just Includes a detailed chronology, maps, biographical profiles, notes, glossary, and index. Library of America • 830 pp. • 978-1-883011-90-1 • $17.95

Jason Burke

f THE 9/11 WARS

At once investigation, reportage and contemporary history, The 9/11 Wars is an essential book for understanding the dangerous and unstable twenty-first century. Whether reporting on the riots in France or the attack on Mumbai, suicide bombers in Iraq or British troops fighting in Helmand, Jason Burke tells the story of a world that changed forever when the hijacked planes flew out of the brilliant blue sky above Manhattan on September 11th.

Penguin Global • 500 pp. • 978-0-14-104459-0 • $20.00

REPORTING WORLD WAR II American Journalism 1938-46 Introduction by Stephen E. Ambrose Preface by Samuel Hynes Library of America • 876 pp. • 978-1-931082-05-1 • $18.95

Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkley

f RISE TO GLOBALISM American Foreign Policy Since 1938

Ninth Revised Edition

“One of the most lively and provocative interpretive studies of the major events in recent American diplomatic history.”—American Historical Review. Now updated through the administration of George W. Bush Penguin • 480 pp. • 978-0-14-026831-7 • $17.00

Steve Coll GHOST WARS: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 “A remarkable book....No one else I know has been able to bring such a broad perspective to bear on the rise of Bin Laden; the CIA itself would be hard put to beat his grasp of global events.”—Ahmed Rashid, The New York Review of Books. Penguin • 738 pp. • 978-0-14-303466-7 • $18.00 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Lionel Gelber Prize, and the Arthur Ross Award; a New York Times Notable Book; a Washington Post Book of the Year Also available: The Bin Ladens, p. 28; On the Grand Trunk Road, p. 30; Private Empire, p. 40

Stephen E. Ambrose
AMERICANS AT WAR
Berkley • 272 pp. • 978-0-425-16510-2 • $15.00

James B. Stewart f TANGLED WEBS How False Statements Are Undermining America: From Martha Stewart to Bernie Madoff

“An extraordinary forensic analysis of the high-stakes American liar.”—Business Week. Examines the perjury cases of Martha Stewart, Scooter Libby, Barry Bonds, and Bernard Madoff.

Penguin • 496 pp. • 978-0-14-312057-5 • $18.00

Louis Auchincloss WOODROW WILSON: A Life See The White House, page 5

James Bamford THE PUZZLE PALACE A Report on America’s Most Secret Agency Bamford’s study of the NSA penetrates the organization’s vast network of computers, satellites, and worldwide listening posts to provide a remarkable account of the Orwellian potential of technological espionage. Penguin • 656 pp. • 978-0-14-006748-4 • $18.00

Henry A. Crumpton

f THE ART OF INTELLIGENCE Lessons from a Life in the CIA’s Clandestine Service

“Powerfully capturing the lessons from his vast and diverse career as spy and diplomat, [this book] is a must read for anyone seeking to understand the intricacies of decision making in the 21st century.”—General James L. Jones, Former National Security Advisor. “Frank and compelling.”—Steve Coll.

Penguin Press • 352 pp. • 978-1-59420-334-3 • $27.95

Pete Earley
COMRADE J
The Untold Secrets of Russia’s Master Spy
in America After the End of the Cold War
Berkley • 352 pp. • 978-0-425-22562-2 • $16.00

Sudhir Venkatesh

GANG LEADER FOR A DAY A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets The story of a bold sociology graduate student who befriended a gang leader in Chicago and for seven years was able to observe the fascinating, complicated, and often dangerous everyday life of the gang from the inside. “Riveting.”— The New York Times. “Give[s] the dry statistics a raw, beating heart.”—The Boston Globe. Penguin • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-311493-2 • $16.00

Thomas P. M. Barnett
GREAT POWERS
America and the World After Bush
See Military Campaigns and Strategy, page 36

Mark Bowden

KILLING PABLO The Hunt for the World’s Greatest Outlaw “A gripping investigation into the U.S. government’s role in bringing down Colombian cocaine kingpin and terrorist Pablo Escobar. 8-page photo insert. Penguin • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-200095-3 • $16.00 Also available: Road Work 978-0-14-303673-9

Daniel Ellsberg

SECRETS: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers “A profound education in politics and morality.”—Howard Zinn. “Ellsberg’s deft critique of secrecy in government is an invaluable contribution to understanding one of our nation’s darkest hours.”—Theodore Roszak, San Francisco Chronicle. Here is Ellsberg’s account of how—and why—he smuggled out of his office the 7,000- page top-secret study that would alter the course of American history. 8 pp. b/w photos. Penguin • 512 pp. • 978-0-14-200342-8 • $18.00 American Book Award Winner; PEN-USA West Book Award Winner for Creative Nonfiction