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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates
Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015)
United,
by Cory Booker (2016)
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019)
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010)
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017)
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018)
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017)
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017)
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017)
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010)
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998)
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019)
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden)
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018)
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016)
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017)
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018)
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017)
Books by and about the 2016 presidential election
What Happened ,
by Hillary Clinton (2017)
Higher Loyalty ,
by James Comey (2018)
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016)
Hard Choices,
by Hillary Clinton (2014)
Becoming ,
by Michelle Obama (2018)
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015)
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Power and Terror
Post-9/11 Talks and Interviews
by Noam Chomsky


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 OnTheIssues.org excerpts:  (click on issues for details)
Drugs
    Noam Chomsky: Poisoning crops & biodiversity justified as "war on drugs".
Foreign Policy
    Bill Clinton: 1990s: Supported military junta in Haiti.
    Colin Powell: We embargo Haiti because of our love of democracy.
    George Bush Sr.: 1980s-90s: Supported military junta in Haiti.
    Jimmy Carter: Cuban embargo helps Castro but doesn't harm Cubans.
    Noam Chomsky: US foreign aid is most miserly of all major countries.
    Noam Chomsky: Cuban embargo is almost a humanitarian catastrophe.
    Noam Chomsky: Haitian embargo has stopped all rebuilding efforts.
    Ronald Reagan: OpEd: Allied with South Africa despite a million killings.
Homeland Security
    Ronald Reagan: 1980s: Focus of US foreign policy would be "War on Terror".
    Noam Chomsky: 9-11 was historic event because of who the victims were.
    Noam Chomsky: In Japan, "Ground Zero" evokes atomic bomb, not 9-11.
Principles & Values
    Noam Chomsky: US freedom & privilege mean we must use power responsibly.
War & Peace
    John F. Kennedy: In early 1960s, nobody protested US attacks in Vietnam.
    Noam Chomsky: 1966: protests against Vietnam met with extreme hostility.
    Bill Clinton: OpEd: Aided Saddam even after he gassed the Kurds.
    George Bush Sr.: OpEd: Aided Saddam even after he used chemical weapons.
    George Bush Sr.: OpEd: Authorized Saddam to crush 1991 Shiite resistance.
    Jimmy Carter: Admired the Shah of Iran until his overthrow in 1979.
    Noam Chomsky: US declared independent Iran as evil in 1953 & in 1979.
    Noam Chomsky: US opposes Iraqi democracy because they get closer to Iran.


The above quotations are from Power and Terror
Post-9/11 Talks and Interviews
by Noam Chomsky.

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