New America Books/Basic Books

Shadow Elite

Erin Drankoski — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:51:00 -0500

Governments and administrations come and go, but not so a new breed of power brokers, who always seem to pop up just where the action is. Wearing different hats, they press their agendas in venue after venue. According to award-winning public policy scholar and anthropologist Janine Wedel, these are the "shadow elite," the prime movers in a vexing new system of power and influence.

America and the World

adminn — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:27:00 -0400

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

University Inc.

adminn — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:02:00 -0500

Selected reviews of University Inc. are featured below:

Publishers Weekly

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

The Empty Cradle

adminn — Tue, 13 Apr 2004 03:00:00 -0400

Selected reviews of The Empty Cradle are featured below:

The Dallas Morning News

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 Real State of the Union

adminn — Mon, 01 Mar 2004 08:00:00 -0500

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

Made In Texas

adminn — Mon, 14 Jan 2002 04:00:00 -0500

Selected reviews of Made in Texas are available below:

The New York Times

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