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, 2006			Last month	Months on list
1		The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century Thomas L. Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.50 Purchase at B&N.com	1	14
2		The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs Madeleine Albright HarperCollins Publishers, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--	--
3		Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor Pantheon, $27.95 Purchase at B&N.com	2	2
4		Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam Mark Bowden Atlantic Monthly Press, $26.00 Purchase at B&N.com	--	--
5		Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy Noam Chomsky Metropolitan Books, $24.00 Purchase at B&N.com	4	1
6		Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq Stephen Kinzer Times Books, $27.50 Purchase at B&N.com	5	1
7		House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power James Carroll Houghton Mifflin Company, $30.00 Purchase at B&N.com	--	--
8		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	3	1
9		America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy Francis Fukuyama Yale University Press, $25.00 Purchase at B&N.com	6	2
10		The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq George Packer Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $26.00 Purchase at B&N.com	8	8
11		While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within Bruce Bawer Doubleday, $23.95 Purchase at B&N.com	7	3
12		Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire Morris Berman W. W. Norton & Company, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	9	1
13		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	21
14		Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy Fawaz A. Gerges Harcourt, $25.00 Purchase at B&N.com	--	--
15		China: The Balance Sheet: What the World Needs to Know about the Emerging Superpower C. Fred Bergsten, Bates Gill, Nicholas R. Lardy, and Derek J. Mitchell PublicAffairs, $25.00 Purchase at B&N.com	--	--

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 2006.

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