| ISSN/ISBN |
9780870032769 (electronic bk.) |
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0870032763 (electronic bk.) |
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0870032321 |
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9780870032325 |
| Descript |
1 online resource (238 pages) |
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text |
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computer |
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online resource |
| Call No. |
JZ5588 |
| Series |
JSTOR electronic books -- ConnectNY EBA Project
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| Notes |
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 |
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Access is restricted to RIT students, faculty and staff |
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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 |
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Print version record |
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JSTOR Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions Added to collection jstor.ebookseba - Removed from collection jstor.ebookseba |
| Subject |
Security, International -- Forecasting
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World politics -- 21st century
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Geopolitics
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Electronic books. local
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| Alt Author |
Holoch, George, translator
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JSTOR (Organization)
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