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 JULY 06, 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		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	4
4		First In: An Insider's Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan Gary C. Schroen Presidio Press, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--
5		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
6		Running the World: The inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of America's Power David J. Rothkopf Public Affairs Press, $29.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--
7		Squandered Victory: The American Occupation and Bungled Effort to Bring Democracy to Iraq Larry Diamond Henry Holt & Company, $25.00 Purchase at B&N.com	--
8		Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution Peter Baker, Susan Glasser Scribner, $27.50 Purchase at B&N.com	--
9		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	8
10		The Opportunity: America's Moment to Alter History's Course Richard N. Haass PublicAffairs Books, $25.00 Purchase at B&N.com	--
11		The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America, and Politics Without God George Weigel Basic Books, $23.00 Purchase at B&N.com	5
12		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	10
13		Blind Spot: The Secret History of American Counterterrorism Timothy Naftali Basic Books, $26.00 Purchase at B&N.com	13
14		The New American Militarism Andrew Bacevich Oxford University Press, $28.00 Purchase at B&N.com	9
15		The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror Natan Sharansky Public Affairs, $26.95 Purchase at B&N.com	6

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 June 2005.

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