| Physical description |
1 online resource (238 pages) |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Prologue; Part One: The Telescope; Political Responsibility; The Pleasure Principle; Ensavagement; The Corruption of Principles; Part Two: 1905; Portents; The Birth of Modernity; An Unforeseeable Actor; Against the Grain; Part Three: The World in 2025; Foresight and Memory; Three Bets for the Future; Open Questions; Part Four: Back in 2005; The Scene in 2005; Russia as it is; The Two Chinas; North Korean Blackmail; The Choice of the Peoples; The Unity of the Western Camp. |
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Rethinking Nuclear WeaponsEpilogue; Notes; Index; About the Author; Back Cover. |
| Summary |
At the dawn of the twentieth century, observers heralded a new era of social progress, seemingly limitless technological advances, and world peace. But within only a few years, the world was perched on the brink of war, revolution, and human misery on an unprecedented scale. Is it possible that today, in the early twenty-first century, we are on the verge of similar, tumultuous times? Blending a detailed knowledge of international security affairs with history, philosophy, psychology, and literature, Th?r?se Delpech vividly reminds us of the signs and warnings that were missed as the ""civi |
| Other author |
Holoch, George, translator.
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| Subject |
Security, International -- Forecasting.
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World politics -- 21st century.
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Geopolitics.
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| ISBN |
9780870032769 (electronic bk.) |
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0870032763 (electronic bk.) |
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0870032321 |
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9780870032325 |
| Publisher Number |
EB00642155 Recorded Books |
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