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In the 25 years after 1989, the world enjoyed the deepest peace in history. In The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth, the eminent foreign policy scholar Michael Mandelbaum examines that remarkable quarter century, describing how and why the peace was established and then fell apart. Mandelbaum argues that the widespread peace ended because three major countries put an end to it with aggressive nationalist policies aimed at overturning the prevailing political arrangements in their respective regions.

"California Train Derailment Plays out on Social Media" is from the March 08, 2016, US section of The New York Times. It was written by Christine Hauser and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Defending Their Nation's Honor on Social Media: #PanamaIsMoreThanPapers" is from the May 04, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Kirk Semple and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Egypt's Interior Ministry, in Error, Releases Memos on Restricting News Media" is from the May 3, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Declan Walsh and Nour Youssef and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"China Cracks down on News Reports Spread via Social Media" is from the July 05, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Edward Wong and Vanessa Piao and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Jordan Bars News Media from Reporting on Shooting at Intelligence Office" is from the June 7, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Kareem Fahim and narrated by Caroline Miller.

What if the state as we know it didn't exist? Our air would be poisonous, our votes uncounted, and our markets dysfunctional. Yet across the world, in countries as diverse as Hungary, Israel, the UK, and the US, attacks on the modern state and its workforce are intensifying. They are morphing into power grabs by self-aggrandizing politicians who attempt to seize control of the state for themselves and their cronies. What replaces the modern state once it is fatally undermined is not the free market and the flowering of personal liberty.

From FDR to Harry Truman to JFK to George W. Bush, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House captures the wit and humor of the campaign trail - a place where levity is always welcome. Osgood includes fragments of speeches, interviews, and press conferences, as well as articles written by and about the candidates - no source is left untapped.

In the wake of the September 11 terror attacks, the American government implemented a wave of overt policies to fight the nation's enemies. Unseen and undetected by the public, however, another set of tools were brought to bear on the domestic front. One of today's leading experts on the US security state shows how these "subtle tools" imperiled the very foundations of democracy, from the separation of powers and transparency in government to adherence to the Constitution. Karen Greenberg describes the subtle tools that were forged under George W. Bush in the name of security.

They adore her in Manhattan. They worship her in Hollywood. They idolize her in the liberal media. But out in the real world are those of us who see through her lies about her husband, reject her socialist economics, and despise her radical social agenda. We are the members of what Hillary Clinton described as a "Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy", and at VRWC headquarters, we've been keeping a file on her.

In this dynamic and emotional presentation, Ian R. Crane links the trauma of contrived oil and food shortages with the plan to introduce genetically modified foods, not only to maximize the profitability of a mature oil and gas industry but also to provide a source of additional taxation for the primary purpose of funding an increasing number of illegal pre-emptive wars.