Out of Control: Global Turmoil on the Eve of the Twenty-first CenturyAs we rush toward the 21st century, former Director of the National Security Council Brzezinski takes time out to issue an "urgent warning" about the current state of global politics. He believes we are in peril of repeating the "megadeath" of this century--a century that has witnessed the slaughter of 187 million people in the name of politics. |
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... and our moral ambiguity is thus generating unprecedented dynamics of
uncontrolled change . We are all racing into the future but it is increasingly the
pace of change , and not our wills , which is shaping that future . The world is
rather like a ...
... and our moral ambiguity is thus generating unprecedented dynamics of
uncontrolled change . We are all racing into the future but it is increasingly the
pace of change , and not our wills , which is shaping that future . The world is
rather like a ...
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... more and more states have copied U.S. military uniforms , seeing in them — as
was earlier the case with the French and the British — the models of their own
martial future . Even the manners and the appearance of the Secret Service that ...
... more and more states have copied U.S. military uniforms , seeing in them — as
was earlier the case with the French and the British — the models of their own
martial future . Even the manners and the appearance of the Secret Service that ...
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In any case , the shape of mankind's political future will much depend on the
philosophical and cultural evolution of the successful but also rather self -
centered West , on the degree to which the postcommunist transformation
confirms or ...
In any case , the shape of mankind's political future will much depend on the
philosophical and cultural evolution of the successful but also rather self -
centered West , on the degree to which the postcommunist transformation
confirms or ...
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OUT OF CONTROL: Global Turmoil on the Eve of the Twenty-First Century
Comentariu Utilizator - KirkusA brilliant and principled analysis of the perilous state of a fractious world as it approaches another millennium. Brzezinski (The Grand Failure, 1989, etc.), director of the National Security ... Citiți recenzia completă
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Comentariu Utilizator - Not Available - Book VerdictPresident Carter's former national security adviser has produced his fourth book in ten years. The last one, The Grand Failure ( LJ 4/15/89), chronicled the decline of communism. This time, Brzezinski ... Citiți recenzia completă
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The Centrality of Metamyth | 19 |
Coercive Utopia | 32 |
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| Titlu | Out of Control: Global Turmoil on the Eve of the Twenty-first Century |
| Autor | Zbigniew Brzezinski |
| Editor | Collier Books, 1994 |
| ISBN | 0020081154, 9780020081159 |
| Lungime | 240 pagini |
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