The Best Of Times Worst Times: A History Now Michael Burleigh Pan Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία General Issues

In The Decades Since End Of Second World War It Has Been Widely Assumed That Western Model Liberal Democracy And Free Trade Is Way Should Be Governed However Events Early Years Twenty-First Century – First 2003 With Iraq Its Chaotic Aftermath Financial Crash 2008 Have Threatened General Acceptance Continued Progress Under Benign (Or Sometimes Not So Benign) Gaze Powers Only Forwards As America Turns Inwards Europe Beset By Austerity Politics Populist Nationalism Post-War Consensus Looks Less Secure But This Really Worst Times? A Forensic Examination We Now Live Acclaimed Historian Michael Burleigh Sets Out To Answer Question Who Could Imagined China Would Champion Globalization Lead Battle On Climate Change? Or Post-Soviet Russia Might Present Greater Threat World’s Stability Than Isis? While May Cusp Still More Dramatic Change Perhaps Risks Will Time Bring Wholly Positive Transformation Incisive Robust Always Insightful Best Times Both Dazzling Tour D’horizon Today Surprisingly Optimistic Vision Become Σελίδες: 448 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0710 Διαστάσεις: 13X13Cm