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that shapes foreign policy in the cynical calculation of elitist commercial advantage". In later life he was a frequent correspondent to newspapers, seeing his letters published in
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and politics, particularly the history of the Middle East.
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and wrote summaries for over 20,000 computer articles.
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Reality of American Power',
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Future Iraq: US Policy in Reshaping the Middle East
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Pornography Without Prejudice: A Reply to Objectors
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535:Libya and the West: From Independence to Lockerbie
517:Targeting Iraq: Sanctions and Bombing in US Policy
390:Is God a Programmer?: Religion in the Computer Age
353:Silicon Shock: The Menace of the Computer Invasion
305:Are Computers Alive? Evolution and New Life Forms
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484:Saudi Arabia: The Shape of a Client Feudalism
474:Vietnam Syndrome: Impact on US Foreign Policy
104:. As Chief Editor at the NCC, he established
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440:The United Nations: A Chronology of Conflict
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