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Pakistan's pathway to developing nuclear weapons remains shrouded in mystery and surrounded by misconceptions. While it is no secret why Pakistan became a nuclear power, how Pakistan became a nuclear state has been obscured by mythmaking. In Pakistan's Pathway to the Bomb, Mansoor Ahmed offers a revisionist history of Pakistan's nuclear program and the bureaucratic politics that shaped its development from its inception in 1956 until the 1998 nuclear tests.

Within eight turbulent months in 1974 Gerald Ford went from the United States House of Representatives, where he was the minority leader, to the White House as the country's first and only unelected president. His unprecedented rise to power, after Richard Nixon's equally unprecedented fall, has garnered the lion's share of scholarly attention devoted to America's 38th president. But Gerald Ford's (1913-2006) life and career in and out of Washington spanned nearly the entire 20th century.

Blind Ambition is an autobiographical account of a young lawyer who accelerated to the top of the Federal power structure to become Counsel to the President at 30 years of age, only to discover that when reaching the top, he had touched the bottom. Most striking in this chronicle is its honesty. Dean spares no one, including himself. But, as Time noted, Dean survived, despite the opposition of powerful foe, because he had no false story to protect and he had an amazing ability to recall the truth.

Steven A. Cook charts the course of the United States' encounter with the Middle East from the mid-twentieth century through the present day. Looking back, Cook makes a bold claim: the US was—despite setbacks and moral costs—successful. That record of achievement began to unravel in the early 1990s when policymakers embarked upon a set of overly ambitious policies to remake the Middle East. Cook highlights that calls to withdraw from the region are rash given the important interests the US maintains in the region.

In this first collection of interviews since the bestselling 9-11: Was There an Alternative?, our foremost intellectual activist examines crucial questions of U.S. foreign policy. Timely, urgent, and powerfully elucidating, this important volume of previously unpublished interviews conducted by...

In Wars of Ambition, Afshon Ostovar explores the evolution of the metastasizing conflict as it unfolded over a span of more than two decades. Not just an account of the interaction between America’s Middle East policies and ambitious regional states on the receiving end, it also provides a powerful analysis of conflicting visions of the future that transcend regional politics.

"Tech Ambitions without Borders" is from the October 02, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Nick Wingfield and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"‘Ambition of Avocado’ Imperils Monarch Butterflies’ Winter Home" is from the November 17, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Victoria Burnett and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Steinway's Grand Ambitions in China" is from the July 08, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Javier C. Hernández and narrated by Paul Ryden.

Pearl K. Ford Dowe argues that ambition for Black women cannot be measured only by political candidacies and ascents of the political chain of power. Black women are uniquely positioned within their communities to influence politics and public policy, which stems from unique variables of socialization, gender and racial identity, and marginalization that shape the political attitudes of Black women. Thus, Dowe asserts that Black women's political ambition often manifests outside formal politics, in activism and community building, a process that is linked to a wider radical vision.

"In Syrian War, Russia Has Yet to Fulfill Superpower Ambitions" is from the September 24, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Max Fisher and narrated by Paul Ryden.

"Twitter, to Save Itself, Must Scale Back World-Swallowing Ambitions" is from the Tech section of The New York Times. It was written by Farhad Manjoo and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"China’s Acquisitive Ambitions Raise Alarm in Washington" is from the US section of The New York Times. It was written by Keith Bradsher and Paul Mozur and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"China Finds Its Global Ambitions Humbled in Its Own Backyard" is from the May 18, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael Forsythe and Austin Ramzy and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.