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The Tyranny of Good Intentions: How Prosecutors and Bureaucrats Are Trampling the Constitution in the Name of Justice
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4.06 avg rating — 127 ratings
"This shows how U.S. govt can and has terrorized its own citizens."
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rated it 4 stars
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Descent into Chaos: The United States & the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan & Central Asia
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3.95 avg rating — 2,645 ratings
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rated it 4 stars
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Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
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3.98 avg rating — 4,804 ratings
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rated it 5 stars
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Operation Dark Heart: Spycraft And Special Ops On The Frontlines Of Afghanistan- And The Path To Victory
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3.63 avg rating — 654 ratings
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rated it 5 stars
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Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
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3.81 avg rating — 8,385 ratings
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rated it 5 stars
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The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
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3.77 avg rating — 3,690 ratings
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rated it 4 stars
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
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3.87 avg rating — 39,549 ratings
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rated it 4 stars
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
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4.31 avg rating — 18,818 ratings
"Details over the history of the CIA in Afghanistan."
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rated it 5 stars
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Waiting for the Taliban: A Journey Through North Afghanistan
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3.84 avg rating — 177 ratings
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rated it 2 stars
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Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Struggle for Freedom
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3.97 avg rating — 1,639 ratings
"Showing how women live and respond is an important part of war."
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rated it 4 stars
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The Kite Runner
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4.36 avg rating — 3,485,878 ratings
"Although this book is fiction, it illustrates the motives and context of people affected by the war on terror."
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rated it 3 stars
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Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman’s Journey Through Afghanistan – An Afghan-American Memoir of Politics and Homeland
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3.74 avg rating — 639 ratings
"This shows a context for the culture and environment "
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rated it 4 stars
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Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent
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3.74 avg rating — 747 ratings
"This shows how U.S. govt can and has terrorized its own citizens."
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rated it 3 stars
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Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
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4.20 avg rating — 6,001 ratings
"This illustrates the feelings and actions of our own soldiers."
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rated it 4 stars
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Mad Sheep: The True Story behind the USDA's War on a Family Farm
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4.28 avg rating — 80 ratings
"This shows how U.S. govt can and has terrorized its own citizens."
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rated it 3 stars
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The Anguish of Displacement: The Politics of Literacy in the Letters of Mountain Families in Shenandoah National Park
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings
"This shows how U.S. govt can and has terrorized its own citizens."
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rated it 5 stars
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Copper Hollow
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4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
"Although this book is fiction, it illustrates the motives and context of people affected by the war on terror."
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rated it 5 stars
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The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism
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4.01 avg rating — 219 ratings
"This book illustrates how the FBI targets Americans to "prove" that they are fighting terrorism."
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rated it 5 stars
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Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield
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4.08 avg rating — 5,106 ratings
"This is actually the prime book that illustrates what happened. Great investigative journalism."
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rated it 5 stars
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