The Prosperity Agenda: What the World Wants from America - and What We Need in Return

Praise for Nancy Soderberg's The Superpower Myth "A sensible, hard-headed, realistic alternative to the excesses of America's Iraq-era dealings with the world." -James Fallows, National Correspondent, The Atlantic Monthly "One of the greatest strengths of Soderberg's book is her insider's account of many of the seminal events of the 1990s. Soderberg [gives us] a bird's-eye view of such critical issues as intervention in the Balkans and Haiti and U.S. efforts to combat al Qaeda and hunt down Osama bin Laden." -Charles A. Kupchan, The Washington Post Book World "Does America Need a Foreign Policy? by Henry Kissinger, The Choice by Zbigniew Brzezinski, and The Superpower Myth by Nancy Soderberg-all of these authors have firsthand experience in government, and it shows. The Superpower Myth, which doubles as a memoir of Soderberg's years in the Clinton administration, is a history told from inside meeting rooms, full of detail about how government bureaucracies actually function-and why sometimes they don't." -Jonathan D. Tepperman, The New York Times Book Review

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1 Making Up for Lost Time in Iraq. 2 The Centerpiece of the Battle against Terrorism. 3 Freedom Stumbles without Prosperity. 4 Energy: Leading the World Where It Needs to Go. 5 Winning the World Over by Eliminating Nuclear Weapons. 6 The Hidden Threat of Global Poverty. 7 Globalization's Impact on Prosperity. Conclusion Prosperity: A New Vision of American Power. Notes. Index.

About the Author :
Nancy Soderberg has served as a high-ranking White House National Security Adviser and as a U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. She is the author of The Superpower Myth, and her commentary has appeared in publications including the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the American Prospect. She has appeared on The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, The Daily Show, Crossfire, and many other programs. Brian Katulis is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, where his work focuses on U.S. national security. He has lived and worked in more than a dozen countries around the world, and his commentary has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe, among other publications. He has appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews, CNN, Fox News, and the BBC.

Review :
"This is an interesting, insightful and readable book, with clear analysis and compelling arguments." (The Oxford Times, October 30th 2008)