Post American World. I bought it in Germany when I was 16. It basically describes how the US will have to cooperate with China and India in the future because they're supposed to be the next super powers.
BO doesn't believe that the US is going to be as relevant/shouldn't be as relevant in the future.
If the church question is related to the mentoring question, then Jeremiah Wright, who is basically a black nationalist. If not, the only one I can think of is Bill Ayers.
We attacked Iraq because they switched from the Petrodollar to the Petroeuro,which means we can keep up out deficit and not raise taxes significantly.
Dick Cheney was famous for being part of Haliburton and giving them contracts during the Bush 2 years.