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 AUGUST 2, 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	5
4		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
5		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	3
6		Sands of Empire: Missionary Zeal, American Foreign Policy, and the Hazards of Global Ambition Robert W. Merry Simon & Schuster, $26.00 Purchase at B&N.com	--
7		Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of America's Power David J. Rothkopf PublicAffairs, $29.95 Purchase at B&N.com	6
8		Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution Peter Baker, Susan Glasser Scribner, $27.50 Purchase at B&N.com	8
9		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	4
10		9/11 Commission Report National Commission on Terrorist Attacks W.W. Norton & Company, $19.95 Purchase at B&N.com Barnes & Noble Books, $9.95 Purchase at B&N.com	12
11		Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism Robert A. Pape Random House, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--
12		I Didn't Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation Michela Wrong HarperCollins, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--
13		Offshore: The Dark Side of the Global Economy William Brittain-Catlin Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $25.00 Purchase at B&N.com	--
14		Blind Spot: The Secret History of American Counterterrorism Timothy Naftali Basic Books, $26.00 Purchase at B&N.com	13
15		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	7

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 July 2005.

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