MB Civic

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/books/review/Gillespie-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

The Argument: Billionaires, Bloggers, and the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics, by Matt Bai

“Can the party’s activitists think their way out of their current confusion? Matt Bai is skeptical.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/books/review/Schuessler-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman

“What would happen if earth’s most invasive species – humans – were wiped out?…On every dehabitated continent, forests would reclaim our parking lots as animals began a slow parade back to Eden.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/books/review/Cannon-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=print

Cheney: The Untold Story of America’s Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President, by Stephen F. Hayes

“A biography of Vice President Dick Cheney, from a conservative journalist who had unusual access…Cheney was worried about terrorist attacks and the possibility of an Iraqi nuclear program – in 1990.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/books/review/Wheatcroft-t.html?pagewanted=print

Making War to Keep Peace, by Jeane J. Kirkpatrick

“The late Jeane J. Kirkpatrick supported some wars (Afghanistan) and didn’t support others (Iraq II). Here’s why…Kirkpartick consistently opposed the view that the United States should spread democracy by force.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/books/review/Rubin-t.html?pagewanted=print

The Blair Years: Extracts From the Alastair Campbell Diaries, by Alastair Campbell

“Tony Blair’s longtime spokesman and confidant dishes on 10 momentous years in British politics…Alastair Campbell, Blair’s right-hand man, was accused of having ‘sexed-up’ intelligence on Iraq.”