Which Path to Persia? Options for a New American Strategy Toward Iran, by Kenneth M. Pollack, Daniel L. Byman, Martin S. Indyk, Suzanne Maloney, Michael O’Hanlon, and Bruce Riedel (Paper, 978-0-8157-0341-9, 220 pages, $22.95)
Restoring the Balance: A Middle East Strategy for the Next President, by Richard N. Haass and Martin S. Indyk (Paperback, 9780815738695, 24.95)
Difficult Transitions: Foreign Policy Troubles at the Outset of Presidential Power by Kurt Campbell and James Steinberg (9780815713401, 26.95, Hardcover)
The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and For All, by Gareth Evans (9780815725046, Hardcover, $29.95), will be reviewed in Sunday, December 14th’s New York Times Book Review. Here is what the reviewer has to say about the former foreign minister of Australia and president of the International Crisis Group:
“Evans cuts a fascinating figure on the world stage. Always informed, sometimes alarming, never dull, he has a diplomat’s ability to listen and reflect, and a politician’s will to dominate a room.”
Too Big To Fail: The Hazards of Bank Bailouts, Gary Stern and Ron Feldman
(cloth, 978-0-8157-8152-3, $32.95)
* New York Times article with interview of Gary Stern, October 11 (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/business/12gret.htm)
The Search for al Qaeda: Its Leadership, Ideology, and Future, by Bruce Riedel
(cloth, 978-0-8157-7414-3, $26.95)
* Mention in the November 27 New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/world/asia/28diplo.html)
What Do We Do Now? A Workbook for the President-Elect, Stephen Hess
(paper, 978-0-8157-3655-4, $16.95)
* Paul Bedard’s “Washington Whispers” column in U.S. News and World Report
* C-SPAN coverage of the George Washington University panel on Presidential Transition, moderated by Stephen Hess
* KCRW’s “Warren Olney’s To the Point”
* named one of the Library Journal’s 10 Best Books of the Year.