The Resource World order : reflections on the character of nations and the course of history, Henry Kissinger
World order : reflections on the character of nations and the course of history, Henry Kissinger
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- Summary
- Henry Kissinger has travelled the world, advised presidents, and been a close observer and participant in the central foreign policy events of our era. Now he offers his analysis of the twenty first century's ultimate challenge: how to build a shared international order in a world of divergent historic perspectives, violent conflict, proliferating technology, and ideological extremism. There has never been a true world order, Kissinger observes. For most of history, civilisations defined their own concepts of order. Each considered itself the centre of the world, and envisioned its distinct principles as universally relevant. China conceived of a global cultural hierarchy with the Emperor at its pinnacle. In Europe, Rome imagined itself surrounded by barbarians; when Rome fragmented, European peoples refined a concept of an equilibrium of sovereign states and sought to export it across the world. Islam considered itself the world's sole legitimate political unit, destined to expand indefinitely until the world was brought into harmony by Muslim principles. The United States was born of a conviction about the universal applicability of democratic principles, a conviction that has guided its policies ever since. Grounded in Kissinger's deep study of history and experience as national security advisor and secretary of state, this book guides readers on a tour of the globe. It examines the events and ideas that formed the historic concepts of order, their manifestations in contemporary controversies, and the ways in which they might ultimately be reconciled
- Language
- eng
- Label
- World order : reflections on the character of nations and the course of history
- Title
- World order
- Title remainder
- reflections on the character of nations and the course of history
- Statement of responsibility
- Henry Kissinger
- Title variation
- Reflections on the character of nations and the course of history
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Henry Kissinger has travelled the world, advised presidents, and been a close observer and participant in the central foreign policy events of our era. Now he offers his analysis of the twenty first century's ultimate challenge: how to build a shared international order in a world of divergent historic perspectives, violent conflict, proliferating technology, and ideological extremism. There has never been a true world order, Kissinger observes. For most of history, civilisations defined their own concepts of order. Each considered itself the centre of the world, and envisioned its distinct principles as universally relevant. China conceived of a global cultural hierarchy with the Emperor at its pinnacle. In Europe, Rome imagined itself surrounded by barbarians; when Rome fragmented, European peoples refined a concept of an equilibrium of sovereign states and sought to export it across the world. Islam considered itself the world's sole legitimate political unit, destined to expand indefinitely until the world was brought into harmony by Muslim principles. The United States was born of a conviction about the universal applicability of democratic principles, a conviction that has guided its policies ever since. Grounded in Kissinger's deep study of history and experience as national security advisor and secretary of state, this book guides readers on a tour of the globe. It examines the events and ideas that formed the historic concepts of order, their manifestations in contemporary controversies, and the ways in which they might ultimately be reconciled
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1923-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kissinger, Henry
- Dewey number
- 327
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- International organisation
- Geopolitics
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- World order : reflections on the character of nations and the course of history, Henry Kissinger
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
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- text
- cartographic image
- Control code
- 000053341949
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 420 pages
- Isbn
- 9780241004265
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Other physical details
- maps
- Label
- World order : reflections on the character of nations and the course of history, Henry Kissinger
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
-
- text
- cartographic image
- Control code
- 000053341949
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 420 pages
- Isbn
- 9780241004265
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Other physical details
- maps
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