Books of interest for June 2015.

• Author: Kiehl, William P.
• Position: Recommended readings

New Books Of Interest, June 2015

Our new format designed to replace our book reviews places more of the choice on you, the Reader. My colleagues and I at American Diplomacy will identify a variety of new books that we believe may interest you. We'll provide basic information on the books and links to reviews. You will have the choice of whether, or how far, to pursue your interests in the books that follow. Good reading! And please let us know how you like the new format.

Bruce Smith's biography examines Lincoln Gordon's contributions to U.S. mobilization during WWII, the European post-war recovery, the security framework for NATO and U.S. Latin American policy.

http://adst.org/publications/adst-dacor/lincoln-gordon/

Harvard's Joseph Nye answers his own question with a resounding "No." He explains what the United States must do in order to retain its lead in military, economic, and soft power capabilities.

http://www.amazon.com/American-Century-Over-Global-utures/dp/0745690076/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1429995032&sr=1 -1&keywords=is+the+american+century+over+by+joseph+nye

Citibank analyst and CFR adjunct fellow on energy Bruce Clayton offers some important historical lessons for Washington and Wall Street about energy policy and financial markets.

http://www.cfr.org/oil/market-madness/p36064?co=C011801

Emma Skye served in Iraq longer than any other senior military or diplomatic figure. The Unraveling is an intimate insider's portrait of how and why the Iraq adventure failed.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/161039593X/ref=s9_hps_bw_g14_i6?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search -2&pf_rd_r=0T2DHZZG0M448SD2NYAH&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=2069529562&pf_rd_i=6458662011

The Accidental Superpower is a contrarian, and eye-opening assessment of American power. Near the end of the Second World War, the United States made a bold strategic gambit that rewired the international system. Empires were abolished and replaced by a global arrangement enforced by the U.S. Navy. With all the world's oceans safe for the first time in history, markets and resources were made available for everyone. Enemies became partners. We think of this system as normal--it is not.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-accidental-superpower-peterzeihan/ 1119130331?ean=9781455583669&itm=1&usri=9781455583669&cm_mmc=AFFILIATES-_-Linkshare-_-je6NUbpObpQ-_-10:1&r=1,1,1

In The Fall of the Ottomans, historian Eugene Rogan brings the First World War and its immediate aftermath...