New America Books/Basic Books

The status of the United States as a world power, and the nature of power itself, are at a historic turning point. It is essential that we understand and adapt to the new security environment in which we find ourselves.

Two of the most respected figures in American foreign policy are Zbigniew Brzezinski and Brent Scowcroft -- both former National Security Advisors under markedly different administrations. In America and the World they dissect, in spontaneous and unscripted conversations moderated by David Ignatius, the most significant foreign policy challenges… more

Selected reviews of University Inc. are featured below:

American universities are the envy of the world, but they may be on the brink of discarding the very values and practices that have made them so successful, argues journalist Washburn, as secretive connections between private industry and the academy have begun to "undermine the foundation of public trust on which… more

Selected reviews of The Empty Cradle are featured below:

Sunday, August 22, 2004 "We're not facing a nuclear war or a population bomb, we're facing a depopulation bomb. This isn't just Europe. It's the entire world." That was one of the first things Phillip Longman said when I called to talk about his book, The Empty Cradle: How Falling Birthrates Threaten World Prosperity… more

The brightest and most original minds in America offer a penetrating analysis of the state of the union and the policy challenges facing the nation as the 2004 election approaches.

Resulting from a collaboration between The Atlantic Monthly magazine and the New America Foundation, The Real State of the Union features 18 original essays on the most important facets of our national well-being. Written by many of our nation's most insightful observers, the essays provide an objective and penetrating… more

Selected reviews of Made in Texas are available below:

Sunday, January 12, 2003 The historian trying to understand the present, Arnold Toynbee said, is like the man with his nose pressed against the mirror trying to see his whole body. Michael Lind, a fifth-generation Texan and author of five earlier books on American history and politics, is mindful of Toynbee's concern: What did Zhou Enlai think of the French Revolution, Lind recounts Henry Kissinger's famous… more