Rethinking America
A New Game Plan from the American Innovators: Schools, Business, People, Work
Published on 8. May 2013
480 pages
978-0-307-82942-9 (ISBN)
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Russians, The Power Game, and The New Russians shows how America has lost ground, and reveals how innovators are creating new strategies to win in the new global game.
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Rethinking America
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07/1997
Random House Value Publishing
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Rethinking America
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05/1995
Random House (NY)
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Hedrick Smith is a bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, and Emmy Award-winning producer. His books The Russians and The Power Game were critically acclaimed bestsellers and are widely used in college courses today. As a reporter at The New York Times, Smith shared a Pulitzer for the Pentagon Papers series and won a Pulitzer for his international reporting from Russia in 1971-1974. Smith's prime-time specials for PBS have won several awards for examining systemic problems in modern America and offering insightful, prescriptive solutions.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction: Rethinking America
- Part One: America Challenged
- 1. New Mind-Set/Old Mind-Set-Challengers Versus Champions
- 2. The New Global Game-People, Quality, Flexibility, Trust
- 3. The Success Reflex
- Part Two: Education
- 4. School-Where the Race Begins
- 5. High School-The Neglected Majority
- 6. Harlem-Teaching Habits of Mind
- 7. Wisconsin-Business and Schools as Partners
- Part Three: Business
- 8. People
- 9. Partnership
- 10. Power Sharing
- 11. Stakeholders Versus Shareholders
- 12. The Network
- 13. Counterattack
- Part Four: Public/Private
- 14. Europe's Grand Coalition
- 15. America's Industrial Partnership
- Conclusion
- 16. The Unfinished Agenda
- Bibliography
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Other Books by This Author
- About the Author
