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 FEBRUARY 2, 2005			Last month
1		Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Jared Diamond Viking, $29.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--
2		The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror Natan Sharansky PublicAffairs, $26.95 Purchase at B&N.com	4
3		The United States of Europe T. R. Reid Penguin Press, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	2
4		9/11 Commission Report National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Norton, $19.95 Purchase at B&N.com Barnes & Noble Books, $9.95 Purchase at B&N.com	3
5		Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror Anonymous Brassey's, $27.50 Purchase at B&N.com	1
6		America's Secret War: Inside the Hidden Worldwide Struggle between America and Its Enemies George Friedman Doubleday, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	6
7		Our Oldest Enemy: A History of America's Disastrous Relationship with France John J. Miller and Mark Molesky Doubleday, $24.95 Purchase at B&N.com	10
8		The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America Kenneth M. Pollack Random House, $26.95 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	9
10		Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib Seymour M. Hersh HarperCollins, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	7
11		Tower of Babble: How the United Nations Has Fueled Global Chaos Dore Gold Crown Forum, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--
12		The European Dream Jeremy Rifkin Tarcher, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	13
13		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	8
14		The Debt Threat: How Debt Is Destroying the Third World Noreena Hertz HarperCollins, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--
15		How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization Franklin Foer HarperCollins, $24.95 Purchase at B&N.com	14

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 January 2005.

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