American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
"In this stunning blockbuster, two accomplished Cold War historians have come together to tell Robert Oppenheimer's poignant and extraordinary story. . . . Bird and Sherwin have undertaken a daunting amount of research, and they do full justice to the complexity of Oppenheimer's story." —Lawrence D. Freedman
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The American Enemy: The History of French Anti-Americanism
by Philippe Roger (translated by Sharon Bowman)
" . . . an exhaustive history . . . written with enough subtlety, complexity, and awareness of how anti-Americanism is an expression of French beliefs, myths, and fears about France to make it quite unnecessary for anyone else to revisit this territory." —Stanley Hoffmann
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Mapping the Global Future: Report of the National Intelligence Council's 2020 Project
by the National Intelligence Council
" . . . anyone seriously interested in what the world might look like 15 years down the road should mull this impressive report from the National Intelligence Council." —Gideon Rose
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And the Money Kept Rolling In (and Out): Wall Street, the IMF, and the Bankrupting of Argentina
by Paul Blustein
"Blustein's vivid and intelligent case study of economic tragedy indignantly recounts how indulgent international creditors first undermined Argentina's financial discipline and then precipitated a painful collapse." —Richard Feinberg
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Irresistible Empire: America's Advance Through Twentieth-Century Europe
by Victoria De Grazia
" . . . [a] wonderful book, written with extraordinary erudition and verve . . . " —Stanley Hoffmann
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China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia
by Peter C. Perdue
"In this major work, Perdue challenges historians' focus on China's struggles with European powers and argues that the more important historical event was the Manchu Qing empire's fight with the Zunghar Mongolian state and the Muscovite Russian empire for domination of Central Asia. . . . Perdue succeeds in giving new life to matters that have succumbed to stale conventional thinking." —Lucian W. Pye
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