Out of Control: Global Turmoil on the Eve of the Twenty-first CenturyCollier Books, 1994 - 240 pagini As 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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... involved prolonged and extraordinarily devastating wars , not only with very high military casualties but with an equally high or even higher civilian toll : two world wars and at least thirty additional major international or civil ...
... involved prolonged and extraordinarily devastating wars , not only with very high military casualties but with an equally high or even higher civilian toll : two world wars and at least thirty additional major international or civil ...
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... involved in the transfer of memo- ries and character from one body to another . In effect , questions that were formerly reserved for academic departments of philos- ophy may soon be posed for society at large . At the same time ...
... involved in the transfer of memo- ries and character from one body to another . In effect , questions that were formerly reserved for academic departments of philos- ophy may soon be posed for society at large . At the same time ...
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... involved will soon be in the neighborhood of about $ 200 billion a year . At some point , the question will inevitably arise as to whether a major portion of that amount should not be used in an interna- tional effort not only to ...
... involved will soon be in the neighborhood of about $ 200 billion a year . At some point , the question will inevitably arise as to whether a major portion of that amount should not be used in an interna- tional effort not only to ...
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The Century of Megadeath | 7 |
The Centrality of Metamyth | 19 |
Coercive Utopia | 32 |
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