The top-selling hardcover books on American foreign policy and international affairs. Rankings are based on national sales at Barnes & Noble stores and Barnes & Noble.com.

POSTED JANUARY 3, 2005			Last month
1		Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror Anonymous Brassey's, $27.50 Purchase at B&N.com	1
2		The United States of Europe T. R. Reid Penguin Press, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	2
3		9/11 Commission Report National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Barnes & Noble Books, $9.95 Purchase at B&N.com	3
4		The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror Natan Sharansky PublicAffairs, $26.95 Purchase at B&N.com	9
5		The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America Kenneth M. Pollack Random House, $26.95 Purchase at B&N.com	4
6		America's Secret War: Inside the Hidden Worldwide Struggle between America and Its Enemies George Friedman Doubleday & Company, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	6
7		Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib Seymour M. Hersh HarperCollins, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	7
8		Running on Empty: How the Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It Peter G. Peterson Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $24.00 Purchase at B&N.com	5
9		The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century Thomas P.M. Barnett Putnam, $26.95 Purchase at B&N.com	12
10		Our Oldest Enemy: A History of America's Disastrous Relationship with France John J. Miller and Mark Molesky Doubleday & Company, $24.95 Purchase at B&N.com	8
11		9/11 Commission Report National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Norton, $19.95 Purchase at B&N.com	13
12		When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and Its Consequences Eric Alterman Viking, $27.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--
13		The European Dream Jeremy Rifkin Tarcher, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	10
14		How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization Franklin Foer HarperCollins, $24.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--
15		Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 Steve Coll Penguin Press, $29.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--

The bestseller list is published monthly by Foreign Affairs magazine. Rankings are based on national sales at Barnes & Noble stores and Barnes & Noble.com in December 2004.

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