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He also and explores issues of individual responsibility.
| The Trillion Dollar War By Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes |
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Newsnight interview The Three Trillion Dollar War by Nobel award-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes of Harvard University is an attempt to put a price on how much was spent invading Iraq. The book counts direct spending by the US and UK before going on to cost everything from lives lost and damage done in the Middle East to replacing military hardware and caring for veterans in the West.
| The New Cold War By Edward Lucas |
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Journalist Edward Lucas claims that Russia has started a new Cold War - and the West is losing it because it is unwilling to confront the new threat.
In the book he says: "Russia is still too weak militarily and economically, and too dependent on the outside world, to use brute force. Other tactics are just as effective."
| Broken By Shy Keenan |
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Shy Keenan was systematically raped by her stepfather throughout her childhood. Her Newsnight special report in 2000, led to him and his accomplices being arrested and brought to trial. Her testimony ensured he and two other men were imprisoned.
Broken is her story - of how surviving abused and fighting to bring those responsible to justice.
| In Defence of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating By Michael Pollan |
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Journalist Michael Pollan argues that our idea of what food is and what we should be eating has been completely distorted by the food industry and nutritionists.
He believes that people are now so confused about their diet that they have no idea what real food is any more.
His book In Defence of Food has a simple doctrine at its centre - "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."
| The Second Bounce of the Ball: Turning Risk into Opportunity By Ronald Cohen |
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He says: "This book is, I hope, a timely contribution to the understanding of entrepreneurship, including the roles of venture capital and private equity, as well as a guide to becoming a successful entrepreneur."
Sir Ronald Cohen speaks to Newsnight on Wednesday, 7 November.
| Fair Game By Valerie Plame Wilson |
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In Fair Game, Valerie Plame Wilson tells her side of the story, and details her life as a spy. An interview with Valerie Plame Wilson will be shown on Newsnight on Thursday 25 October 2007.
| Microtrends By Mark J Penn |
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Mark Penn is Hillary Clinton's chief strategist.
| Soldier By Gen Sir Mike Jackson |
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Since standing down as Chief of Staff in 2006, he has been outspoken on many issues surrounding the military, most recently criticising US post-Iraq invasion plans.
| Wikinomics By Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams |
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Far from being sceptical about the power of mass collaboration - see Andrew Keen's The Cult of the Amateur, another Newsnight Book Club entry below - Tapscott and Williams claim Wikinomics could provide the basis for huge economic and intellectual growth.
In line with their own thesis, the last chapter of the book is being written by readers.
| The Political Brain By Drew Westen |
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Westen looks at how politicians capture the hearts and minds of the electorate and suggests ways in which they might better appeal to voters' brains.
| The Cult of the Amateur By Andrew Keen |
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He rails against "uninformed political commentary", "unseemly home videos" and "embarrassingly amateurish music" and says blogs are "collectively corrupting and confusing popular opinion about everything from politics, to commerce, to arts and culture".
He also claims Wikipedia perpetuates a cycle of misinformation and ignorance, and labels YouTube inane and absurd.
| Washington's War By Gen Sir Michael Rose |
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In General Sir Michael Rose's new book he argues that the insurgents' tactics have been seen before - ironically when George Washington's forces succeeded in defeating the British Army - then the world's greatest military power - to win independence for the US in 1776.
Having served with the SAS and commanded the UN Protection Force in Bosnia, Sir Michael's analysis raises profound questions about tactics and leadership in the campaign in Iraq.
| Not One of Us By Ali Dizaei |
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But Iranian-born officer was secretly suspected of a series of crimes and in 2000 became the subject of what was to become the most expensive inquiry ever into a single officer.
Three years later he was cleared of perverting the course of justice, misconduct in public office and making false expense claims - leading to renewed claims that the Metropolitan Police had failed to stamp out racism.
Not One of Us outlines how he set about clearing his name.
| The Chilling Stars By Nigel Calder and Henrik Svensmark |
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The book sets out to prove that a combination of clouds, the Sun and cosmic rays - sub-atomic particles from exploding stars - have altered our climate far more than human carbon emissions.
Svensmark's research at the Danish National Space Center suggests cosmic rays play a role in making clouds in our atmosphere. A reduction in cosmic rays in the last 100 years - due to the activity of our Sun - has meant fewer clouds and a warmer Earth.
| The Writing on the Wall By Will Hutton |
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Hutton argues that the West should embrace China and promote better governance within the country by adhering to fundamental principles such as the rule of law as an example of progress.
| Inside Global Jihad By Omar Nasiri |
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His story is reveals the extent of al-Qaeda's preparations - years before 9/11 - to target the west, but also the British authorities' lack of awareness of the growing threat of Islamic terrorism.
| Ghost Plane By Stephen Grey |
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The book claims many of those prisoners subsequently suffered torture at the hands of regimes such as Syria - publicly pilloried by the Bush administration but, it says, privately colluded with the name of defending the US.
| The Goldilocks Enigma By Paul Davies |
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Professor Paul Davies' The Goldilocks Enigma tackles fundamental questions about the nature of the universe and our attempts to understand it. Scientific breakthroughs, he argues, have brought us to the brink of comprehending the underlying structure of nature or "a final 'theory of everything'".
Central to finding this solution, he says, is answering the Goldilocks Enigma - why is it that "the universe seems 'just right' for life"?
| The J Curve By Ian Bremmer |
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Ian Bremmer's J Curve is a visual tool that suggests why some countries are in crisis and unstable while others are prosperous and politically solid.
The book explains: "movement from left to right along the J curve demonstrates that a country that is stable because it is closed must go through a period of dangerous instability as it opens to the outside world".
| In the Line of Fire By Pervez Musharraf |
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Rather than waiting until retirement, Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has chosen to publish his memoirs - or at least a part of them - while still in office. In the Line of Fire includes an account of his experiences as premier in the run up to and aftermath of the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington.
Some details, including his claim that one US official used threats to secure Pakistan's cooperation in the so-called war on terror, have caused much controversy.
| The God Delusion By Richard Dawkins |
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In The God Delusion, the scientist Richard Dawkins sets out to attack God "in all his forms".
He argues that the rise of religious fundamentalism is dividing people around the world, while the dispute between "intelligent design" and Darwinism "is seriously undermining and restricting the teaching of science".
| Faith and Freedom By Jimmy Carter |
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In Faith and Freedom, former American President, Jimmy Carter, an evangelical Baptist, poses a direct challenge to both Conservative evangelicals and secular intellectuals. Condemning inhumane treatment of prisoners, disrespect for human rights, the destruction of the environment and the growing gap between the rich and the poor, Faith and Freedom demonstrates the ways that Christian values can inform and animate progressive politics. He also challenges the lazy stereotype of the blinkered evangelical favoured by many intellectuals in Britain.
| The Great Immigration Scandal By Steve Moxon |
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When Home Office immigration caseworker Steve Moxon was sacked for blowing the whistle on what he said was widespread abuse of the government's managed migration policy, he was denounced by many as being a xenophobic agitator.
Two years on and after a host of admissions of failure from the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) his views are increasingly being accepted and his original exposé is now seen by many as prophetic.
In a revised an updated second edition of his book The Great Immigration Scandal, Steve Moxon - who has appeared on and reported for Newsnight about immigration - assesses the interim developments and explores possible resolutions.
| The Year of Magical Thinking By Joan Didion |
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Slowly she realised that beneath all the ritual and words lay a simple, aching truth - that she longed to perform an impossible trick and bring him back. This is the story of a year spent wishing; a year of magical thinking.
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| Eating - What we eat and why it matters By Peter Singer and Jim Mason |
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The authors peel back each layer of food production, and examine how they ought to factor into our buying choices. And recognising that we are not all likely to become vegetarian or vegan, they go on to offer ways to make the most ethical choices within the framework of a diet that includes animal products.
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