20:21 Vision: Twentieth-Century Lessons for the Twenty-First Century

by Emmott, Bill

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Book desription: New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. The attacks on September 11, 2001 shook the rich West out of its complacency; suddenly, peace seemed to be in peril. Already it had become clear that prosperity was endangered. How had it all happened? During the decade following the end of the cold war, prospects had looked so rosy; peace prevailed among the world's greatest powers, billions of people were joining the world market economy, and great waves of technological change were driving economies forward. Can we find a pattern in such possibility, confusion, and disappointment? What will the 21st century be like now? Bill Emmott, the Editor in Chief of the Economist, the world's leading current affairs weekly, answers these questions by looking back at the past, isolating the forrces that have shaped our world, and showing how they determine whether we are at peace or war, in a state of liberty or repression, in a period of prosperity or depression. He persuasively argues that two questions will matter above all others: Will American continue to lead the world and protect its peace? And will we continue to accept capitalism, with all its strengths and weaknesses, or will it be challenged once again? 371 pages including sources, selected biography, and index. The remainder mark is a dot on the bottom. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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