For the past several months, the Woodrow Wilson Center has been engaged in a struggle for survival. Earlier this year, the House of Representatives voted to cut federal support for the Center from the current $5.8 million to $1 million, in effect the amount needed to close down. The Senate has voted to continue funding at the current level.
Reviews of new research at public agencies and private institutions
GOD AND THE AMERICAN WRITER. By Alfred Kazin. Knopf. 288 pp. $25
THE GREAT WALL AND THE EMPTY FORTRESS. By Andrew J.Nathan and Robert S. Ross. Norton. 352 pp. $29.95 THE COMING CONFLICT WITH CHINA. By Richard Bernstein and Ross H. Munro. Knopf. 245 pp. $23
AMERICA IN BLACK AND WHITE: One Nation, Indivisible. By Stephan Thernstrom and Abigail Thernstrom. Simon & Schuster. 640 pp. $30
By Damian Thompson. Univ. Press of New England. 392 pp. $26
By Judith Wagner DeCew.Cornell Univ. Press. 208 pp.Cloth $39.95, paper $15.95
By Richard D. Altick. Ohio State Univ.Press. 762 pp. $60