The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

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• Decline of the West?

  Samuel Huntington has written a powerful and disturbing book. He scorns the universalist ambitions and assumptions that have characterized American foreign policy since 1917 or before. He rejects both the hope of a world “safe for democracy” in the i ... (read full critics)

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  I heeded my friend's advice to study the criticisms of this book before actually venturing into its pages. That was good advice.

  Nonetheless, if you want to learn of the ongoing conservative American mindset, the book embodies the simplistic way that America legitimizes its aggression against ... (continue)

  I heeded my friend's advice to study the criticisms of this book before actually venturing into its pages. That was good advice.

  Nonetheless, if you want to learn of the ongoing conservative American mindset, the book embodies the simplistic way that America legitimizes its aggression against the Islamic and Sinic cultures.

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  The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

  Thought-provoking but controversial as, for some, Huntington's arguments can be and have been manipulated as one of the major contributing factors to all the brutal clashes among nations, religions and ethnicities.

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  秋盈 said on Dec 14, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  Read in conjunction with Friedman

  This is a wonderful book, but Huntington puts too little stock in the role of globalization as a tempering force. The result is a gloomier picture than justified. Reading this in conjunction with Friedman's THE WORLD IS FLAT provides a more realistic view of the world today.

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  Dennis Leyden said on Jan 17, 2009 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 368 Pages
• Edition: 1st Touchstone Ed
• ISBN-10: 0684844419
• ISBN-13: 9780684844411
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Pub date: Jan 28, 1998
• Dimensions: 1484 mm x 968 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover and Others
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書, 简体书, Livres Français, Deutsche Bücher, Libri Italiani

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