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 JUNE 1, 2005			Last month
1		The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27.50 Purchase at B&N.com	1
2		Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Jared Diamond Viking, $29.95 Purchase at B&N.com	2
3		China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World Ted C. Fishman Scribner, $26.00 Purchase at B&N.com	3
4		Secrets of the Kingdom: The Inside Story of the Secret Saudi-U.S. Connection Gerald L. Posner Random House, $24.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--
5		The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America, and Politics Without God George Weigel Basic Books, $23.00 Purchase at B&N.com	4
6		The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror Natan Sharansky PublicAffairs, $26.95 Purchase at B&N.com	5
7		The Flight of the Creative Class: Why America Is Losing the Global Competition for Talent . . . and What We Can Do to Win Prosperity Back Richard Florida HarperCollins, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	8
8		Three Billion New Capitalists: The End of Western Dominance and the Rise of Parity Clyde V. Prestowitz Basic Books, $26.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--
9		The New American Militarism Andrew Bacevich Oxford University Press, $28.00 Purchase at B&N.com	7
10		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	6
11		The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America Kenneth M. Pollack Random House, $26.95 Purchase at B&N.com	15
12		Inheriting Syria: Bashar's Trial by Fire Flynt Leverett Brookings Institution Press, $27.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--
13		Blind Spot: The Secret History of American Counterterrorism Timothy Naftali Basic Books, $26.00 Purchase at B&N.com	--
14		John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics Richard Parker Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $35.00 Purchase at B&N.com	11
15		The United States of Europe T. R. Reid Penguin Press, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	9

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 May 2005.

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