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The Ideas That Conquered The World: Peace, Democracy, And Free Markets In The Twenty-first Century
Michael Mandelbaum
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Paperback. One of America's leading foreign policy thinkers provides an "important and compelling" look at today's new power realities Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 32. Weight in Grams: 724.
At the dawn of the twenty-first century, three ideas dominate the world: peace as the preferred basis for relations between and among different countries, democracy as the optimal way to organize political life, and free markets as the indispensable vehicle for the creation of wealth. While not practiced everywhere, these ideas have- for the first time in history- no serious rivals. And although the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, were terrible and traumatic, they did not "change everything," as so many commentators have asserted. Instead, these events served to illuminate even more brightly the world that emerged from the ... Read more
At the dawn of the twenty-first century, three ideas dominate the world: peace as the preferred basis for relations between and among different countries, democracy as the optimal way to organize political life, and free markets as the indispensable vehicle for the creation of wealth. While not practiced everywhere, these ideas have- for the first time in history- no serious rivals. And although the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, were terrible and traumatic, they did not "change everything," as so many commentators have asserted. Instead, these events served to illuminate even more brightly the world that emerged from the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781586482060
SKU
V9781586482060
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About Michael Mandelbaum
Michael Mandelbaum is the Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy at the School of Advanced International Studies of The Johns Hopkins University, and is a senior fellow of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a regular foreign affairs columnist for Newsday and the author or co-author of eight books on foreign policy.
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