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 1, 2006			Last month	Months on list
1		The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11 Ron Suskind Simon & Schuster, $27.00 Purchase at B&N.com	2	1
2		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	16
3		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	3	2
4		The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs Madeleine Albright HarperCollins, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	4	2
5		Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy Noam Chomsky Metropolitan Books, $24.00 Purchase at B&N.com	6	3
6		The Foreigner's Gift: The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq Fouad Ajami Free Press, $26.00 Purchase at B&N.com	--	--
7		The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End Peter W. Galbraith Simon & Schuster, $26.00 Purchase at B&N.com	--	--
8		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	5	4
9		Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq Stephen Kinzer Times Books, $27.50 Purchase at B&N.com	8	3
10		The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror George Soros PublicAffairs, $24.00 Purchase at B&N.com	10	1
11		The Good Fight: Why Liberals — and Only Liberals — Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again Peter Beinart HarperCollins, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	7	1
12		The Parliament of Man: The Past, Present, and Future of the United Nations Paul Kennedy Random House, $26.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--	--
13		America against the World: How We Are Different and why We Are Disliked Andrew Kohut and Bruce Stokes Times Books, $25.00 Purchase at B&N.com	15	1
14		The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq George Packer Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $26.00 Purchase at B&N.com	11	10
15		Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy Fawaz A. Gerges Harcourt, $25.00 Purchase at B&N.com	12	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 July 2006.

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