by Martin Tolchin & Susan Tolchin ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 28, 1992
A deeply disturbing report on Adam Smith run amok—or how the Reagan and Bush Administrations, pursuing laissez-faire free-trade policies, presumably allowed foreign competitors to undermine the technological base underlying American military power. Having detailed the dangers of overseas capital (Buying into America, 1988) and deregulation (Dismantling America, 1983), the Tolchins (Martin: a national correspondent for The New York Times; Susan: Public Administration/George Washington Univ.) now use statistics and in-depth case studies to illuminate why America slept on the high-tech front. While aiding their own multinational companies through subsidies, protective trade barriers, and a benign eye toward collusion, our Japanese and European allies, the authors say, exploited the government's need for foreign dollars to finance the deficit, its indifference to takeovers, and its willful nonrecognition of technology's importance. The result: the US, despite the biggest peacetime military buildup in its history, squandered its lead in such strategically significant technologies as semiconductors, supercomputers, optoelectronics, and digital imaging. Just as painfully, foreign multinationals snapped up the last major US producers of robots and silicon wafers. The Tolchins do more than engage in mere Japan-bashing, however, for they enumerate the costs incurred by the flat-footed US response to overseas incursions (even the much-vaunted victory over Iraq, they point out, was accomplished with weaponry whose components came from abroad). Moreover, they suggest positive steps the US can take to compete more successfully in the new global economy. Despite its sober tone, an alarming wake-up call about our national slippage.
Pub Date: Sept. 28, 1992
ISBN: 0-394-58309-4
Page Count: 448
Publisher: Knopf
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1992
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by E.T.A. Hoffmann ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 28, 1996
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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by Ludwig Bemelmans ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 23, 1955
An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.
Pub Date: Feb. 23, 1955
ISBN: 0670717797
Page Count: -
Publisher: Viking
Review Posted Online: Oct. 25, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1955
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