Contents: 1. The return of fear 2. Deathboats and lifeboats 3. Command versus spontaneity 4. The emergence of autonomy etc.
This book contains: 1. The immediate aftermath of the disintegration of the Soviet empire in Europe and the Soviet Union itself 2. The convulsive collapse of the former Yugoslavia and the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo 3. The Gulf War against Iraq and its various sequels 4. The Maastrhict Treaty for the furthering of the Europen Union 5. The tensions in China between economic liberalisation and…
In this elegantly written book Brian Urquhart, a renowned international figure and former Under Secretary General of the United Nations, gives a dramatic account of world affairs during his forty years at the United Nations.
At century's end is a powerfull collection of essays and interviews by thirty of the world's top thinkers and leaders, providing insight on the course of the world at the end of the twentieth century. Never ponderous nor heavy, the writing is concise, informative, and thought-provoking, giving perspectives from many regions of the globe.
The distant origins of the present volume lie in an article entitled "The End of History?" which I wrote for the journal The national Interest in the summer of 1989. This was not to say that today's stable democracies, like the United States, France, or Switzerland, were not without injustice or seriuos social problems.
An overview of the nuclear era examines the confrontations, key decisions, and personalities involved with nuclear policy from the Roosevelt administration to Reagan's presidential terms.