America at the Crossroads by Johns Hopkins professor, Francis Fukuyama appears to me to be an interesting analysis of current events.
He has been a leading neo-conservative (for those that doubt that i read anything beyond "common dreams").
Here's a link to a review of his book.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/bo...WA4bB5jdJhcA9g
I'll post a link to his site soon.