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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates
Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015)
United,
by Cory Booker (2016)
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019)
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010)
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017)
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018)
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017)
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017)
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017)
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010)
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998)
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019)
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden)
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018)
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016)
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017)
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018)
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017)
Books by and about the 2016 presidential election
What Happened ,
by Hillary Clinton (2017)
Higher Loyalty ,
by James Comey (2018)
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016)
Hard Choices,
by Hillary Clinton (2014)
Becoming ,
by Michelle Obama (2018)
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015)

Book Reviews

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What Uncle Sam Really Wants, by Noam Chomsky


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Click here for 17 full quotes from Noam Chomsky in the book What Uncle Sam Really Wants.
OR click on an issue category below for a subset.
 OnTheIssues.org excerpts:  (click on issues for details)
Drugs
    Drug War is an excuse for US military intervention abroad.
    Target tobacco & alcohol instead of marijuana.
Foreign Policy
    US historically opposes Third World nationalism and rights.
    US aid to Americas correlates with torture by governments.
    West plans to exploit Eastern Europe.
    US prefers force to diplomacy in Third World.
Free Trade
    Free trade is all about corporate subsidies.
    Trilateral world view means Latin America belongs to the US.
Government Reform
    Dissent publicly against investors ruling government.
Homeland Security
    Cold War fear of USSR was played to control US population.
War & Peace
    Nicaragua: US destroyed Sandanistas & real hope for reform.
    Panama: Noriega’s crime was independence, not drugs.
    Vietnam War about destroying “virus” of independence from US.
    Gulf War had nothing to do with principles.
    Israeli nukes should preclude foreign aid.
    Gulf War: US refused diplomacy & forced violence in Iraq.
    Peace process ignores non-US-approved efforts.


The above quotations are from What Uncle Sam Really Wants, by Noam Chomsky.

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