Current Affairs

1. Technological Risk

   H. W. Lewis

   What are the real dangers, if any, toxic chemicals, the greenhouse effect, microwave radiation, nuclear power, air travel, automobile travel, carcinogens of all kinds, and other threats to our peace of mind?More

2. Terror and Liberalism

   Paul Berman

   A manifesto for an aggressive liberal response to terrorist attacks.More

3. The Terror Presidency: Law and Judgment Inside the Bush Administration

   Jack Goldsmith

   A central player’s account of the clash between the rule of law and the necessity of defending America.More

4. The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict

   Linda J. Bilmes, Joseph E. Stiglitz

   "This is a catalog [of costs] the Bush team never looked at. It's a catalog that they still don't want you to see."—James GalbraithMore

5. The Tragedy of Great Power Politics

   John J. Mearsheimer

   "A superb book....Mearsheimer has made a significant contribution to our understanding of the behavior of great powers."—The National Interest, Barry R. PosenMore

6. The Twilight of American Culture

   Morris Berman

   An emerging cult classic about America's cultural meltdown—and a surprising solution.More

7. Überpower: The Imperial Temptation of America

   Josef Joffe

   "Lucid, literate and tough-minded."—William Grimes, The New York TimesMore

8. Uncommon Common Ground: Race and America's Future

   Angela Glover Blackwell, Stewart Kwoh, Manuel Pastor

   Revised and Updated Edition

   With a mixed-race president, a Latino population that is now the largest minority, and steadily growing Asian and Pacific Islander populations, race is both the most dynamic facet of American identity and the defining point of American disunity.More

9. The University: An Owner's Manual

   Henry Rosovsky

   "Superb. . . . Rosovsky has written an important book—probing, wise, shrewd, fair. . . . Deserves to be widely read." —James O. Freeman, Washington PostMore

10. Vital Signs 2007-2008: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future

    The Worldwatch Institute

    The award-winning Worldwatch Institute reveals the often overlooked key trends that tell the true health of our planet.More

11. War and the American Presidency

    Arthur Meier Schlesinger

    "Historical reflections that deftly challenge the political and ideological foundations of President Bush's foreign policy."--Charles A. Kupchan, New York TimesMore

12. War by Other Means: Economic Espionage in America

    John J. Fialka

    "The best book yet on the threat to American business posed by industrial spies. . . . Historians may well turn to Fialka's book for a quick study."—John Mintz, Washington PostMore

13. The Warning: Accident at Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Omen for the Age of Terror

    Mike Gray, Ira Rosen

    "Essential—and fascinating—reading for anyone interested in the dilemmas posed by nuclear power."—Mike Wallace, 60 MinutesMore

14. Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal

    Tristram Stuart

    The true cost of what the global food industry throws away.More