Michael Tanji of Haft of the Spear has edited a terrific volume on THREATS IN THE AGE OF OBAMA, coming Jan. 20 from Nimble Books. This paragraph got me excited:
No author here has been a cabinet officer and none is likely to be one, which gives us a considerable amount of freedom. No one here has to face scrutiny on Capitol Hill, which makes our jobs much easier; but by the same token none of us are beholden to parties or institutions with ulterior motives, nor are we playing our cards in a fashion designed to net us comfortable situations. If you are on a mission to change the way government works, particularly in the national security arena, this is one of the few places where some independent thinking is to be found. It is with that in mind that we offer our view of some of the more pressing threats the Obama administration will have to deal with in these early days of the 21st century.
What we’re doing, in other words, is disintermediating the national security analytic apparatus.
Beginning January 20, 2009 Nimble Books began releasing a series of “Nimble” books about THE AGE OF OBAMA.
Released so far:
- AGE OF OBAMA: A REPORTER’S JOURNEY WITH CLINTON, MCCAIN AND OBAMA IN THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT 2008 by Mark Curtis of MarkCurtisMedia.com
- THREATS IN THE AGE OF OBAMA edited by Michael Tanji of Threatswatch.org and with contributions from Daniel H. Abbott, Chris Albon, Matt Armstrong, Matthew Burton, Molly Cernicek, Christopher Corpora, Shane Deichman, Adam Elkus, Matt Devost, Bob Gourley, Art Hutchinson, Samuel Liles, Tom Karako, Carolyn Leddy, Adrian Martin, Gunnar Petersen, Cheryl Rofer, Mark Safranski, Steve Schippert, Tim Stevens, and Shlok Vaidya
- PERSUADER-IN-CHIEF: GLOBAL OPINION AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN THE AGE OF OBAMA by Dr. Nancy Snow of Syracuse University
- OBAMA DOES GLOBALISTAN (Pepe Escobar, Asia Times and Real News Network)
The open invitation for proposals remains open. The specs are:
- 8000-100,000 words (32 – 240 pages)
- Some repurposed material ok
- Edited collections ok
- Any political viewpoint ok
- Illustrations OK, either B&W or color
- Nimble Books standard contract.
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