David Clennon
David Halberstam's masterpiece, the defining history of the making of the Vietnam tragedy, with a new Foreword by Senator John McCain. Using portraits of America's flawed policy makers and accounts of the forces that drove them, The Best and the ... [... more]
Random House |
John McCain: An American Odyssey
 From Amazon.com: If, as you're reading John McCain: An American Odyssey, you feel a sense of déjà vu, don't be alarmed--you may very well have read this book before. Robert Timberg has extracted from his 1995 book The Nightingale's Song, [... more]
CDN$23.95
Amazon CA |
Shut Up and Sing (Full Screen - American Version)
Documenting the Dixie Chicks decision to sing and not shut up: Once upon a time in the 1960s on "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour," in a bit preserved on the album of the same name, Tommy Smothers was explaining that "We have the freedom [... more]
CDN$38.95
Amazon CA |
Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life
The Meaning Of Courage, From A Man Who Knows: This extended essay on courage comes from a man who has displayed it in abundance, although not surprisingly, he seeks to deny or minimize that. Senator John McCain endured years of physical and psychological [... more]
CDN$20.00
Amazon CA |
The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008
Mass Media Looks at the New, Segmented Media's Influence: If you are fascinated by how public image is shaped and the political agenda is manipulated by timely personal attacks, you'll think this is the best book ever about presidential politics. Two [... more]
CDN$35.95
Amazon CA |
Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of ...
a great book on psychological problems in general: The one problem I had with "Achilles in Vietnam" was that it did not seem to offer much in the way of solutions. "Odysseus in America" provides the answers to the ugly problems [... more]
CDN$22.00
Amazon CA |
Worth the Fighting For: The Education of an American ...
Worth the reading: John McCain's second memoir covers the aspect of his life most of us are familiar with, his political career. In addition to telling his own tales, McCain mixes in chapters on heroes, both real and fictional, that have influenced his [... more]
CDN$22.95
Amazon CA |
Making Patriots
From Amazon.com: Walter Berns, an eminent constitutional scholar, plumbs the mysteries and paradoxes of American patriotism in this slim volume. How is it, he asks, that Americans can pursue their individual liberties and at the same time demonstrate [... more]
CDN$12.04
Amazon CA |
Last Letters Home
Astonishing, meaningful, heart-wrenching: When I was a student of political science, I had a professor who read to us letters home from the war front. He had a collection of pieces from lots of different countries, but messages were remarkably the same - [... more]
CDN$24.03
Amazon CA |
Odysseus in America
a great book on psychological problems in general: The one problem I had with "Achilles in Vietnam" was that it did not seem to offer much in the way of solutions. "Odysseus in America" provides the answers to the ugly problems [... more]
CDN$39.50
Amazon CA |
Return With Honor
From Amazon.com: Men who piloted the hottest fighter planes in the world found themselves suddenly transformed from hotshots to humiliated prisoners during the Vietnam War. The story of how American prisoners survived in North Vietnam's notorious prison [... more]
CDN$21.99
Amazon CA |
The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008
Mass Media Looks at the New, Segmented Media's Influence: If you are fascinated by how public image is shaped and the political agenda is manipulated by timely personal attacks, you'll think this is the best book ever about presidential politics. Two [... more]
CDN$44.99
Amazon CA |
