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Strategy+Business publishes a great business book list every year.

As Francis Bacon once said, “some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.” Thus, we welcome you to strategy+business’s big buffet — our annual survey of the best business books published since last fall.

We’ve noted before that the books that are published say a great deal about the times in which we live. The 2002-2 003 crop of business books confirms what businesspeople already know: Times remain tough, and more than a little unsettling.

by Dr. Larry Wortzel and Mr. Dean Cheng, The George C. Marshall Institute, The Washington Roundtable on Science and Public policy, November 28, 2006

China is quickly becoming a major actor in outer space. Its highly publicized exploration program and its commercial prowess are indicators of growing means and interest in space activities. This discussion explores China’s military goals and intentions in space as well as its technological capabilities. It also considers the means and measures needed to counter these prospective Chinese threats and protect the United States’ strategic advantages and security in space.

America’s Imperial Ambition by G. John Ikenberry, published on Foreign Affairs, September/October 2002, can be downloaded as a pdf copy, full & free.

The concepts emerging from the Bush administration's war on terrorism form a neoimperial vision in which the United States arrogates to itself the global role of setting standards, determining threats, and using force. These radical ideas could transform today's world order in a way that the end of the Cold War did not. The administration's approach is fraught with peril and likely to fail. If history is any guide, it will trigger resistance that will leave America in a more hostile and divided world.

G. John Ikenberry is Peter F. Krogh Professor of Geopolitics and Global Justice at Georgetown University and a regular book reviewer for Foreign Affairs. His most recent book is After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order After Major Wars.

"The Power of Design", published on BusinessWeek magazine, May 17, 2004, can be downloaded in PDF format.

IDEO redefined good design by creating experiences, not just products. Now it's changing the way companies innovate.

IDEO, Inc. provides design, engineering, social science, and business strategy services. It offers strategic services, including exploration, service design, and transformation; and design services, such as environments, digital experiences, and product development.

by Joe Flower, strategy+business magazine

It has already started, with a few five-star hospitals. If it spreads, its impact will be profound. The emotional power of illness and recovery marks us to our bones. Health care made more efficient, more effective, and deeply compassionate might just become the model and catalyst in the transformation of many another service industry.

By Gordon S. Magenheim, Joint Force Quarterly, Issue 45, 2nd Quarter 2007

The ability to project American power, except for a forced-entry scenario, across and through existing African commercial seaports in a time of regional crisis may be hampered by the growing economic and political clout of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). American military planners must consider the use of austere seaport sites at alternative coastal locations as well as the use of intermediate staging bases as a means of countering this influence.

This article illustrates the extent of China’s influence along coastal Africa and the potential difficulty that this influence might present to U.S. military access to seaports in a time of crisis.

by Christopher Vollmer, John Frelinghuysen, and Randall Rothenberg. A special report provided by strategy+business magazine. January 2007

Marketers take heed: After years of overhype, the digital revolution is finally mainstream.

After years of overhype, the digital media revolution has gone mainstream. Procter & Gamble, DaimlerChrysler, and Unilever have joined. Christopher Vollmer, a Booz Allen Hamilton vice president, and Randall Rothenberg, president and CEO of Interactive Advertising Bureau and former senior director of intellectual capital at Booz Allen, provide a field guide for marketers, media companies, and senior executives.