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Preparing for the Twenty-First Century

Author Paul Kennedy
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On sale Feb 01, 1994 | 448 Pages | 9780679747055
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Kennedy's classic The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers considered the forces within nations that led to their rise and fall.  In Preparing for the Twenty-first Century he addresses a larger and uniquely modern question:  how will transnational forces in a world of scarce resources, instant communications, and exploding population affect the nations of the world and the people who inhabit them as the new century dawns? The result is a bold work that bridges the gap between history, prophecy, and policy.

"A heady, dizzying experience, replete with possibilities...[Kennedy] is one of the few intellectuals writing today who's willing to grapple with all the complexities of all global or national problems."--San Francisco Chronicle
Paul Kennedy is internationally known for his writings and commentaries on global political, economic, and strategic issues. He earned his B.A. at Newcastle University and his doctorate at the University of Oxford. Since 1983, he has been the Dilworth Professor of History and director of international security studies at Yale University. He is on the editorial board of numerous scholarly journals and writes for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, and many foreign-language newspapers and magazines. Kennedy is the author and editor of nineteen books, including The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, which has been translated into more than twenty languages, followed by Preparing for the Twenty-first Century (1993) and The Parliament of Man (2006). View titles by Paul Kennedy

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Kennedy's classic The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers considered the forces within nations that led to their rise and fall.  In Preparing for the Twenty-first Century he addresses a larger and uniquely modern question:  how will transnational forces in a world of scarce resources, instant communications, and exploding population affect the nations of the world and the people who inhabit them as the new century dawns? The result is a bold work that bridges the gap between history, prophecy, and policy.

"A heady, dizzying experience, replete with possibilities...[Kennedy] is one of the few intellectuals writing today who's willing to grapple with all the complexities of all global or national problems."--San Francisco Chronicle

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Paul Kennedy is internationally known for his writings and commentaries on global political, economic, and strategic issues. He earned his B.A. at Newcastle University and his doctorate at the University of Oxford. Since 1983, he has been the Dilworth Professor of History and director of international security studies at Yale University. He is on the editorial board of numerous scholarly journals and writes for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, and many foreign-language newspapers and magazines. Kennedy is the author and editor of nineteen books, including The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, which has been translated into more than twenty languages, followed by Preparing for the Twenty-first Century (1993) and The Parliament of Man (2006). View titles by Paul Kennedy

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