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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myths and with industrial techniques , harnessed in the name of the metamyth , making feasible the infliction of death on a scale without precedent in human history . The appearance of metamyth as a political factor has to be understood ...
myths and with industrial techniques , harnessed in the name of the metamyth , making feasible the infliction of death on a scale without precedent in human history . The appearance of metamyth as a political factor has to be understood ...
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Literacy as a key instrument of political awakening was itself a by - product of the industrial revolution , which also contributed to that awakening by drastically disrupting the social environment . The industrial process created the ...
Literacy as a key instrument of political awakening was itself a by - product of the industrial revolution , which also contributed to that awakening by drastically disrupting the social environment . The industrial process created the ...
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Similarly , one senses growing awareness that some deliberate initiatives designed to enhance U.S. industrial - technological competitiveness — even if not quite tantamount to a comprehensive “ industrial policy ” —will have to be ...
Similarly , one senses growing awareness that some deliberate initiatives designed to enhance U.S. industrial - technological competitiveness — even if not quite tantamount to a comprehensive “ industrial policy ” —will have to be ...
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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 ... Citește recenzia completă
Out of control: global turmoil on the eve of the twenty-first century
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 ... Citește recenzia completă
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The Century of Megadeath | 7 |
The Centrality of Metamyth | 19 |
Coercive Utopia | 32 |
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Out of Control: Global Turmoil on the Eve of the 21st Century Zbigniew Brzezinski Previzualizare limitată - 2010 |
Out of Control: Global Turmoil on the Eve of the Twenty-first Century Zbigniew Brzezinski Vizualizare fragmente - 1993 |
Out of Control: Global Turmoil on the Eve of the 21st Century Zbigniew Brzezinski Nu există previzualizare disponibilă - 2010 |
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