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 NOVEMBER 2, 2004			Last month
1		Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib Seymour M. Hersh HarperCollins, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	2
2		America's Secret War: Inside the Hidden Worldwide Struggle between America and Its Enemies George Friedman Doubleday, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--
3		9/11 Commission Report National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Barnes & Noble Books, $9.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--
4		Running on Empty: How the Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It Peter G. Peterson Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $24.00 Purchase at B&N.com	4
5		Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror Anonymous Brassey's, $27.50 Purchase at B&N.com	3
6		Our Oldest Enemy: A History of America's Disastrous Relationship with France John J. Miller and Mark Molesky Doubleday, $24.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--
7		The Fall of Baghdad Jon Lee Anderson Penguin Press, $24.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--
8		Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe Graham Allison Henry Holt, $24.00 Purchase at B&N.com	11
9		When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and Its Consequences Eric Alterman Viking, $27.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--
10		9/11 Commission Report National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Norton, $19.95 Purchase at B&N.com	1
11		The European Dream Jeremy Rifkin Tarcher, $25.95 Purchase at B&N.com	5
12		The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century Thomas P.M. Barnett Putnam, $26.95 Purchase at B&N.com	6
13		Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Petroleum Dependency Michael T. Klare Henry Holt, $25.00 Purchase at B&N.com	15
14		The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace Dennis Ross Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $35.00 Purchase at B&N.com | Read review	9
15		Banking on Baghdad: Inside Iraq's 7,000-Year History of War, Profit, and Conflict Edwin Black John Wiley & Sons, $27.95 Purchase at B&N.com	--

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 October 2004.

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