COLLISION COURSE: The Strange Convergence of Affirmative Action and Immigration Policy in America. By Hugh Davis Graham. Oxford Univ. Press. 246 pp. $30
BEING AMERICA:
Liberty, Commerce, and Violence in an American World.
By Jedediah Purdy. Knopf.
337 pp. $24
BOYD:
The Fighter Pilot Who
Changed the Art of War.
By Robert Coram. Little, Brown.
485 pp. $27.95
CAPTIVES: The Story of Britain’s Pursuit of Empire and How Its Soldiers and Civilians Were Held Captive by the Dream of Global Supremacy, 1600–1850. By Linda Colley. Pantheon. 438 pp. $27.50
Four recent books on parenting,reviewed by Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn.
DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY:
The Life and Legacy of Prescott Bush.
By Mickey Herskowitz. Rutledge Hill Press. 229 pp. $24.99
PAKISTAN: Eye of the Storm. By Owen Bennett Jones. Yale Univ. Press. 328 pp. $29.95
IRVING HOWE: A Life of Passionate Dissent. By Gerald Sorin. New York Univ. Press. 386 pp. $32.95
A Daring Young Man: A Biography of William Saroyan. By John Leggett. Knopf. 462 pp. $30