NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 15, 2013
"Engaging reading for those interested in foreign policy and military spending."
A 25-year CIA veteran examines how recent presidents have handled the military and defense spending.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 15, 2013
"A compelling story combined with thoughtful analysis of the development, application and limitations of a new model of applying American military power. EDITOR'S NOTE: This review was completed prior to the news of the Petraeus scandal."
How a group of farsighted Army officers gradually forced competence in fighting insurgents upon a hostile military establishment.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 15, 2013
"A provocative reframing of a problem that still awaits a solution."
A compelling, plainspoken piece of advocacy in which the author maintains that everything we think we know about nuclear weapons is wrong.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 15, 2013
"An entertainment, though not much more to ordinary readers. Aspiring politicos and their staffers, though, will want this for its astute look at the tricks of the trade."
A semigonzo, often funny, occasionally revealing look at the daily business of conducting a presidential campaign.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 15, 2013
"Light on ideology and long on thoughtful analysis--a good book to hand to the budding entrepreneur in the family."
Whole Foods co-founder Mackey, writing with economist Sisodia, offers a persuasive paean to free enterprise.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 10, 2013
"Highly readable presentation of one businessman's solution, likely to provoke discussion if not agreement."
A media executive's take on our health care system's flaws and plan for a totally different approach.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 8, 2013
"Another terrific give-and-take that will appeal especially to younger seekers."
These conversations with the longtime MIT linguist and "wild-eyed radical" offer lively insights on war, inequality and dissent.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 8, 2013
"A sharply different deconstruction of the prevailing orthodoxy, worthy of attention."
Leverett (International Affairs/Pennsylvania State Univ.;
Inheriting Syria: Bashir's Trial by Fire, 2005) and his wife, Hillary, argue that, unless it changes, "the United States' Iran policy is locked in a trajectory…that will ultimately lead to war."
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 8, 2013
"An eye-opening, trailblazing exposé."
A top-notch account of Haiti's recent history, including the January 2010 earthquake, from the only American reporter stationed in the country at the time.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 8, 2013
"Flawed but challenging, and well worth reading and considering."
In her first book, futurist Gorbis offers a compelling yet somewhat unconvincing manifesto on how new technologies are facilitating a nascent revolution in which hierarchical institutions will be replaced by self-directing, online, social networking communities.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 8, 2013
"A useful guide for policymakers, doctors and the patients who need protection against deliberate disinformation."
An explanation of why pharmaceutical companies have come under increasing scrutiny in recent years.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 8, 2013
"A mostly intriguing study of business and other organizations and the "trade-offs that [they] face as they grow and evolve.""
