That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back

Thomas L. Friedman. Reflecting on America's past greatness and its slipping position among global powers, Pulitzer-Prize winning New York Times columnist Friedman (The World is Flat) and foreign policy expert Mandelbaum (The Frugal Superpower) warn against the United States' "dangerous complacency" in the face of increasingly complex global challenges.--Publisher's Weekly (Check Catalog)

With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918

Stevenson, David. Stevenson's detailed, lucid description of the development and maturation of that ability reflects encyclopedic mastery of published and archival sources while synergizing military, economic, political, and social-cultural factors. It is also a door-opener to any reader seeking to understand the Great War's last stage.--Publisher's Weekly (Check Catalog)

The Empire State: A History of New York

Milton Klein. New York now has a new, comprehensive history book that chronicles the state through centuries of change. A richly illustrated volume, The Empire State begins in the early seventeenth century (when the region was still populated solely by Native Americans) and concludes in the mid-1990s, by which time people from all over the world had made the state their home.--Publisher. (Check Catalog)