Автор: Michael Burleigh
Название: The Best of Times, The Worst of Times: A History of Now
Издательство: Pan Macmillan
Год: 2018
ISBN: 9781509847884
Язык: English
Формат: epub, azw3, rtf
Размер: 10,6 mb
Страниц: 448
In the decades since the end of World War II, 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 21st 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 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.
Prologue
1. Two Shocks That Made Our World ‘Incandescent with Moral Clarity’: The Post-Cold War Present
2. Gulf Rivals
3. Islamic State (ISIS): Messages In Blood
4. The Sick Man of Europe: Erdo?an’s Turkey
5. Failed Nation? Russia Under Putin
6. China: A Country for Old Men
7. The USA: The Noisy Nation
8. Empire of Virtue: The European Union
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
A Note on Further Reading
Notes
Index
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