{"product_id":"9781250013729","title":"That Used to Be Us : How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThat Used to Be Us\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThat Used to Be Us\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum analyze the four major challenges we face as a country---globalization, the revolution in information technology, chronic deficits, and our pattern of energy consumption---and spell out what we need to do now to preserve American power in the world. The end of the Cold War blinded the nation to the need to address these issues seriously, and China's educational successes, industrial might, and technological prowess in many ways remind us of a time when \"that used to be us.\" But Friedman and Mandelbaum show how America's history, when properly understood, offers a five-part formula for prosperity that will enable us to cope successfully with the challenges we face. \u003ci\u003eThat Used to Be Us\u003c\/i\u003e is both a searching exploration of the American condition today and a rousing manifesto for American renewal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“At once enlightened and enlightening...[American society] could use more of the generous responsible spirit Friedman and Mandelbaum recommend.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Thoroughly researched and passionately argued...That Used to Be Us is an important contribution to an intensifying debate, and it deserves the widest possible attention....Compelling.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Anyone who cares about America's future---anyone planning to vote in 2012---ought to read this book and hear the authors' compelling case.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An important and eminently readable book.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Touches a nerve...In a country whose politicians are partisan intransigents and whose commentators are more interested in zingers than solutions, it takes courage to be so baldly civic-minded.” —\u003ci\u003eBusinessWeek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePulitzer Prize - Winner (1988), Pulitzer Prize - Winner (1983), Pulitzer Prize - Winner (2002), National Book Awards - Winner (1989)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250013729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40637479649486,"sku":"9781250013729","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_526273ba-92f7-4d3b-842e-564e0f884835.jpg?v=1639016040","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250013729","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}