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The Best of Times, The Worst of Times

- A History of Now
Af: Michael Burleigh Engelsk Paperback

The Best of Times, The Worst of Times

- A History of Now
Af: Michael Burleigh Engelsk Paperback
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In the decades since the end of the Second World War, it has been widely assumed that the western model of liberal democracy and free trade is the way the world should be governed. However, events in the early years of the twenty-first century – first, the 2003 war with Iraq and its chaotic aftermath and, second, the financial crash of 2008 – have threatened the general acceptance that continued progress under the benign (or sometimes not so benign) gaze of the western powers is the only way forwards. And as America turns inwards and Europe is beset by austerity politics and populist nationalism, the post-war consensus looks less and less secure. But is this really the worst of times?

In a forensic examination of the world we now live in, acclaimed historian Michael Burleigh sets out to answer that question. Who could have imagined that China would champion globalization and lead the battle on climate change? Or that post-Soviet Russia might present a greater threat to the world’s stability than ISIS? And while we may be on the cusp of still more dramatic change, perhaps the risks will – in time – bring not only change but a wholly positive transformation.

Incisive, robust and always insightful, The Best of Times, The Worst of Times by Michael Burleigh is both a dazzling tour d’horizon of the world as it is today and a surprisingly optimistic vision of the world as it might become.

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In the decades since the end of the Second World War, it has been widely assumed that the western model of liberal democracy and free trade is the way the world should be governed. However, events in the early years of the twenty-first century – first, the 2003 war with Iraq and its chaotic aftermath and, second, the financial crash of 2008 – have threatened the general acceptance that continued progress under the benign (or sometimes not so benign) gaze of the western powers is the only way forwards. And as America turns inwards and Europe is beset by austerity politics and populist nationalism, the post-war consensus looks less and less secure. But is this really the worst of times?

In a forensic examination of the world we now live in, acclaimed historian Michael Burleigh sets out to answer that question. Who could have imagined that China would champion globalization and lead the battle on climate change? Or that post-Soviet Russia might present a greater threat to the world’s stability than ISIS? And while we may be on the cusp of still more dramatic change, perhaps the risks will – in time – bring not only change but a wholly positive transformation.

Incisive, robust and always insightful, The Best of Times, The Worst of Times by Michael Burleigh is both a dazzling tour d’horizon of the world as it is today and a surprisingly optimistic vision of the world as it might become.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 448
ISBN-13: 9781509847945
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1509847944
Kategori: Geopolitik
Udg. Dato: 12 jul 2018
Længde: 28mm
Bredde: 124mm
Højde: 192mm
Forlag: Pan Macmillan
Oplagsdato: 12 jul 2018
Forfatter(e): Michael Burleigh
Forfatter(e) Michael Burleigh


Kategori Geopolitik


ISBN-13 9781509847945


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 448


Udgave


Længde 28mm


Bredde 124mm


Højde 192mm


Udg. Dato 12 jul 2018


Oplagsdato 12 jul 2018


Forlag Pan Macmillan

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