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 MAY 1, 2006			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	13
2		Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq Michael R. Gordon & Bernard E. Trainor Pantheon, $27.95 Purchase at B&N.com	2	1
3		The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America's Power and Purpose Tony Zinni and Tony Koltz Palgrave Macmillan, $24.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--	--
4		Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy Noam Chomsky Metropolitan Books, $24.00 Purchase at B&N.com	--	--
5		Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq Stephen Kinzer Times Books, $27.50 Purchase at B&N.com	--	--
6		America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy Francis Fukuyama Yale University Press, $25.00 Purchase at B&N.com	3	1
7		While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within Bruce Bawer Doubleday, $23.95 Purchase at B&N.com	5	2
8		The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq George Packer Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $26.00 Purchase at B&N.com	6	7
9		Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire Morris Berman W. W. Norton & Company, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--	--
10		The Cold War: A New History John Lewis Gaddis Penguin Press, $27.95 Purchase at B&N.com	9	3
11		State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration James Risen Free Press, $26.00 Purchase at B&N.com	4	3
12		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	11	20
13		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	10	15
14		Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny Amartya Sen W. W. Norton & Company, $24.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--	--
15		The Global Class War: How America's Bipartisan Elite Lost Our Future — and What It Will Take to Win it Back Jeff Faux John Wiley & Sons, $27.95 Purchase at B&N.com	7	2

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 April 2006.

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