Future United States

A glittering landscape of twenty-five speculative stories that challenge oppression and envision new futures for America—from N. K. Jemisin, Charles Yu, Jamie Ford, G. Willow Wilson, Charlie Jane Anders, Hugh Howey, and more. In these tumultuous times, in our deeply divided country, many...

What is the future of American power? The United States remains the most complete strategic power in the world: a continental nation protected by two oceans, supported by the world’s reserve currency, armed with unmatched military reach, strengthened by global alliances, and powered by extraordinary advantages in energy, food, technology, finance, universities, innovation, and human capital. But power is not the same as strategy. Strategic Futures Series – United States examines the central problem facing America in the twenty-first century: whether the United States can convert its ...

Americans are measuring the wrong war and using the wrong scoreboard. For years, the U.S. China debate has focused on headlines: tariffs, diplomacy, and who invents the next breakthrough. But national power is built on something quieter and harder to rebuild: industrial ecosystems, supply-chain chokepoints, and the ability to scale technology into mass-market reality. This book makes a controversial argument and tests it with data: the United States has already lost key dimensions of the economic, trade, and technology contest with China, and the American public does not yet grasp how far ...

America has always been more than a country. It has been a dream, a contradiction, a force, an experiment, and an argument carried across generations. It is the place where liberty became national philosophy, where reinvention became habit, and where millions arrived believing that somewhere within its vastness there was room not only to survive, but to become more. Few nations in history have attracted so much hope. The United States drew inventors, workers, thinkers, refugees, entrepreneurs, artists, scientists, and builders from every corner of the world. It became a meeting ground for ...

Lee, the founding father of modern Singapore and its prime minister from 1959 to 1990, has honed his wisdom during more than fifty years on the world stage. Almost single-handedly responsible for transforming Singapore into a Western-style economic success, he offers a unique perspective on the geopolitics of East and West. American presidents from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama have welcomed him to the White House.

A vision of the first decade of socialism in the United States. The diverse multinational working class has achieved political supremacy and is actively eliminating bigotry, racism, and national oppression as it expands economic, social, and political democracy.

From a former senior advisor to Senator John McCain comes an urgent wake-up call about how new technologies are threatening America's military might. For generations of Americans, our country has been the world's dominant military power. How the US military fights, and the systems and weapons...

A teen criminal hacker turned secret operative must outwit a band of cyberterrorists in this gripping novel from the acclaimed author of The Bone Houses. This program features multicast narration. I was fifteen when I became a murderer. After a hack gone tragically wrong, a teen girl is given an...

Neoliberals should have seen the end of the Cold War as a total victory—but they didn't. Instead, they saw the chameleon of communism changing colors from red to green. The poison of civil rights, feminism, and environmentalism ran through the veins of the body politic and they needed an antidote. To defy demands for equality, many neoliberals turned to nature. Race, intelligence, territory, and precious metal would be bulwarks against progressive politics.

From William R. Forstchen, the New York Times bestselling author of the One Second After series, comes Five Years After, a near-future thriller where John Matherson must contend with new threats to the fragile civilization that he helped rebuild. Five years after The Final Day, the Republic of...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTELLER A USA TODAY BESTSELLER #1 Nonfiction Bestseller, Publishers Weekly From a U.S. Marine and co-founder of With Honor, and written ahead of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, comes the story of principled veterans who work across party...

A fascinating, eye-opening, and often shocking look at what lies ahead for the United States—and the world—from one of our most incisive futurists George Friedman has become a leading expert in geopolitical forecasting, sought after for his unmatched grasp of both historical and contemporary...

When a catastrophic EMP strike plunges the country into darkness, journeyman electrician Luke Harper and his wife Caitlyn find themselves trapped on a Missouri highway as civilization crumbles around them. As vehicles die and planes fall from the sky, Luke's prepper skills are put to the ultimate test. Fighting their way through the chaos, they forge an unlikely alliance with a haunted ex-soldier and a compassionate nurse. But their journey to Luke's hidden Ozark homestead becomes a desperate race for survival as society unravels hour by hour. When ruthless scavengers begin targeting ...

When the United States fractures along newly drawn borders, the summer of 2034 becomes the season that changes everything. Former history teacher Mara Ellison never wanted to be a hero. But when her best friend is murdered for uncovering a classified government conspiracy, she’s thrust into a deadly chase across a divided nation. With armed militias rising, federal authority collapsing, and truth itself becoming a weapon, Mara must protect the one person who holds the key to exposing it all—Jonah Rourke, the brother of the man who died to reveal the truth. Hunted by a rogue federal ...

In this New York Times bestseller, a young and successful entrepreneur makes the case that politics has no place in business, and sets out a new vision for the future of American capitalism. There’s a new invisible force at work in our economic and cultural lives. It affects every...

What if the Vietnam War wasn't just a conflict, but a turning point that reshaped nations and the world? In this compelling exploration of one of the most controversial wars in modern history, "Fighting for the Future: The Vietnam War's Lasting Legacy" takes you on a journey through the complex web of political decisions, military strategies, and human experiences that defined the Vietnam War. Beyond the battles and strategies, this book uncovers the profound impact the war had on global politics, U.S. foreign policy, and the very way we view military intervention today. Why does the ...

In the near future, crime in the United States escalates to unprecedented levels. In response, televised public executions are instituted as a mass deterrent. In addition, the Bill of Rights is rescinded and the police are nationalized and militarized. After witnessing the assassination of a famous civil rights leader, former computer programmer Peter Rayne is drawn into a countrywide conflict pitting ordinary Americans against an increasingly authoritarian government. Investigating the assassination, Rayne uncovers a complex web of government lies and conspiracies that have apocalyptic ...

This is an ambitious, meticulous examination of how U.S. foreign policy since the 1960s has led to partial or total cover-ups of past domestic criminal acts, including, perhaps, the catastrophe of 9/11. Peter Dale Scott, whose previous books have investigated CIA involvement in southeast Asia, the drug wars, and the Kennedy assassination, here probes how the policies of presidents since Nixon have augmented the tangled bases for the 2001 terrorist attack.

A warning and a wake-up call to learn history so we are not doomed to repeat it. A must-read for anyone who longs for a promising future for our great nation. What is wrong with America today? Is it possible that America could crumble and our democracy fail? Questions like these plague Americans...

Stop Forgetting History: The Essential Three-in-One Guide That Makes America's Story Stick Did you sleep through history class? Do names like Jamestown, Gettysburg, and the Emancipation Proclamation sound familiar, but you can't remember why they matter? You don't need a history degree to understand America's past—you just need an audiobook that actually brings the story to life.