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Cover to Cover Cover to Cover is a monthly program featuring the most influential authors on subjects of national and international importance. Offered as a benefit to all current WACA Member Councils, Cover to Cover conference calls are opportunities for Council leaders, members, and supporters to engage with esteemed authors on critical issues. Cover to Cover authors often welcome invitations to speak at Councils. In short, the WACA National Office covers a topic with an expert so that Councils may discover a speaker and cover the topic in even greater depth in their own communities, spearheading a national conversation. March 2016 Cover to Cover
Cover to Cover in March will present New York Times bestselling author Clyde Prestowitz on his new book Japan Restored: How Japan Can Reinvent Itself and Why This Is Important for America and the World, on Tuesday, March 15 at 1:00-1:30 PM CT Register for the callHow Japan Can Reinvent Itself and Why This Is Important for America and the World. In 1979, the book Japan as Number One: Lessons for America by Harvard University professor Ezra Vogel caused a sensation in the United States by pointing out that Japan was surpassing America as world economic leader; the book remains to this day the all-time bestseller in Japan of non-fiction by a Western author. The book was timely: Japan’s subsequent “bubble era” of the 1980s saw the country booming. But since the economic bubble burst at the start of the 1990s, Japan has been in decline. Japan Restored by Clyde Prestowitz, taking up Vogel’s baton, is written as a vision of Japan in the year 2050, when the country’s economic recovery has made it a world leader in every area of human endeavor. Prestowitz looks back to the present year as such a low point for Japan that a special reform commission was set up that helped the country regain its former position as a leader in technology, in business, and geopolitically. Looking at education, innovation, the role of women, corporate organization, energy, infrastructure, domestic government, and international alliances Prestowitz draws up a fascinating and controversial blueprint for the future success of Japan. As the eyes of the world turn towards Japan in the run-up to the 2020 Olympics, Japan Restored is as timely as the 1979 Vogel book that inspired it.
BIO Prestowitz is founder and President of the Economic Strategy Institute. He has played key roles in achieving congressional passage of NAFTA and in shaping the final content of the Uruguay Round, as well as providing the intellectual basis for current U.S. trade policies toward Japan, China, and Korea. He is the author of many books including Trading Places(1988), which revolutionized the thinking about Japan’s economic miracle and its relationship with the United States. January 2016 Cover to Cover
January’s Cover to Cover featured Thomas W. Lippman on his new book Hero of the Crossing: How Anwar Sadat and the 1973 War Changed the World. Published January 2016 Lippman was a featured speaker at WACA’s 2015 National Conference. He is an adjunct scholar at the Middle East Institute, specializing in Saudi Arabian affairs, U.S.- Saudi relations, and relations between the West and Islam. He is a former Middle East bureau chief for The Washington Post, and author of numerous articles and books. “Tom Lippman has provided the foundation for understanding what is happening [in the Middle East] today from the rise of ISIS to the collapse of the Arab Spring. And as an added benefit it is a good read for expert and novice alike.”—Edward S. Walker, former U.S. ambassador to Egypt, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates November 2015 Cover to Cover
November 2015 – Cover to Cover – WACA’s November Cover to Cover Author Series featured Rena Pederson, award-winning journalist and former speechwriter for the Department of State on The Burma Spring: Aung San Suu Kyi and the Struggle for the Soul of a Nation. The call will take place on Thursday, November 5, at 2:00 PM ET. WACA President Bill Clifford will moderate the call. Rena Pederson, is a faculty member at Southern Methodist University. She previously served as Director of Communications for the National Math and Science Initiative and as a Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications at the U.S. Department of State, serving as a senior speechwriter. Pederson received national recognition for her role as a Vice President and Editorial Page Editor at The Dallas Morning News for 16 years. She was a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board for nine years and is the author of three books; her book “What’s Next?” was featured on the Oprah Winfrey television show.
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The Tennessee World Affairs Council is an independent, non-partisan educational charity registered in the State of Tennessee. It is a proud member of the nationwide network of 96 councils affiliated through the World Affairs Councils of America (WACA) national office. The World Affairs Councils of America is the largest nonpartisan, non-profit grassroots organization in the United States dedicated to educating and engaging the American public on global issues. Over 500,000 people a year benefit from the network programming, including members and participants.
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