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The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
Based on the author's seminal article in Foreign Affairs, Samuel P. Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order is a provocative and prescient analysis of the state of world politics after the fall of communism. In this incisive work, the renowned political scientist explains how "civilizations" have replaced nations and ideologies as the driving force in global politics today and offers a brilliant analysis of the current climate and future possibilities of our world's volatile political culture.
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- Posted: Jul-29-2009
The missing factor in Mr. Huntington's theory
Mr. Huntington attributes post-Cold War conflicts exclusively to cultural/civilization differences between warring factions.Two recent military events lend credence to the "economic" factor contributing at least partially to world unrest that Mr. Huntington's theory completely ignores: First,...
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- Posted: Jul-29-2009
Excusing Huntington's own xenophobic, belligerent views
In Huntington's obituary in the Economist said that he fulfilled his role as a gadfly, and indeed he does--his vision managed to move us from the optimism of the 90's to the idea that a new cold war is going to start at any second.But wait a tick, didn't Wolfers tell us that constantly having the...
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- Posted: Jun-24-2009
Outstanding
This book turns out to be much better than I anticipated. Although I've had it on my shelf for a long time, I had not gotten around to reading it until I had a long flight to India. Given all of the noise around it's politically incorrect thesis, one would have expected some kind of poorly...
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- Posted: Jun-20-2009
Complementary readings to Huntington's book
There are already many good reviews so I will only suggest reading the following books (whose scope is amazingly global) instead of, or in addition to, Huntington's peculiar work: 1) Economy: 1.1 "Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium" by Ronald Findlay and...
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- Posted: Apr-10-2009
Dated and dull
I bought this book without checking what year it was written. It's all pre-911 and quite outdated I thought. The book was written before the Japanese economy imploded in the 1990s and when it was thought the Japanese would overcome America.I did like the perspectives on civilizations and some...
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- Posted: Dec-12-2008
A Global Conflict Masterpiece
Published over ten years ago and this book is still more relevant than ever. Whether or not you agree with Huntington, you cannot dispute that this is an excellent read. Those who agree that the West is at war with Islam will find much to like within these pages as Huntington offers much...
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- Posted: Nov-23-2008
Shows author's bias and borders on conspiracy theory
This book is a bad read. Book does show that the author has vast knowledge of world history and geography but at the same time brings out his strong biases towards racial and religious make-up of the world. The book makes some very simplistic judgments about the historical nature of conflicts and...
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- Posted: Nov-23-2008
Shows author's bias and borders on conspiracy theory
This book was a bad read. It did show that the author probably has vast knowledge of world history and geography but at the same time showed his strong bias towards racial and religious nature of the world. The book makes some very simplistic judgments about the historical nature of conflict and...
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- Posted: Sep-20-2008
The Real War
Islam presents no death dealing threat to the US or the West. There are real dangers facing the West, of course but these dangers emanate from within the West. George W. Bush has basically tanked the standing of the US in the world guided by neo-cons who redescribe Hegelianism as the Western...
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- Posted: Jul-22-2008
Sloppy, Oversimplified and Deeply Flawed
As an Arab-Canadian, I'm pretty much at the forefront of this so-called "clash of civilizations", and the way I see things as it stands, it seems as though there is indeed a 'clash' materializing. However, that is only a superficial gut feeling, the same feeling the respect Dr. Sam Huntington...
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