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 OCTOBER 3, 2005			Last month	Months on list
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	6
2		Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Jared Diamond Viking, $29.95 Purchase at B&N.com	2	9
3		The Case for Peace: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Can Be Resolved Alan Dershowitz John Wiley, $22.95 Purchase at B&N.com	8	2
4		Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War Anthony Shadid Henry Holt, $26.00 Purchase at B&N.com	--	1
5		Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground Robert D. Kaplan Random House, $27.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--	1
6		The Fate of Africa: From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair Martin Meredith PublicAffairs, $35.00 Purchase at B&N.com	3	2
7		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	4	13
8		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	8
9		Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the East Clyde V. Prestowitz Basic Books, $26.95 Purchase at B&N.com	7	5
10		Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century Mark Leonard PublicAffairs, $20.00 Purchase at B&N.com	--	1
11		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	10	4
12		Taming American Power: The Global Response to U.S. Primacy Stephen M. Walt W.W. Norton, $27.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--	1
13		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	9	4
14		I Is for Infidel: From Holy War to Holy Terror in Afghanistan Kathy Gannon PublicAffairs, $25.00 Purchase at B&N.com	--	1
15		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	6	5

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 September 2005.

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