Reviews

Francis Fukyama"The Wall Street Journal"The book is dazzling in its scope and grasp of the intricacies of contemporary global politics.

Michael Elliott"The Washington Post Book World"The book is studded with insights, flashes of rare brilliance, great learning, and in particular, an ability to see the familiar in a new and provocative way.

Richard Bernstein"The New York Times"A benchmark for informed speculation on those always fascinating questions: Just where are we in history? What hidden hand is controlling our destiny?...A searching reflection on our global state.

Wang Gungwu"The National Interest"This is what is so stunning about "The Clash of Civilizations: " It is not just "about" the future, but may actually help to shape it.

Zbigniew BrzezinskiAn intellectual tour de force: bold, imaginative, and provocative. A seminal work that will revolutionize our understanding of international affairs.

Henry A. KissingerSam Huntington, one of the West's most eminent political scentists, presents a challenging framework for understanding the realitites of global politics in the next century. "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order" is one of the most important books to have emerged since the end of the Cold War.

Francis Fukyama

"The Wall Street Journal"The book is dazzling in its scope and grasp of the intricacies of contemporary global politics.
Michael Elliott

"The Washington Post Book World"The book is studded with insights, flashes of rare brilliance, great learning, and in particular, an ability to see the familiar in a new and provocative way.
Richard Bernstein

"The New York Times"A benchmark for informed speculation on those always fascinating questions: Just where are we in history? What hidden hand is controlling our destiny?...A searching reflection on our global state.
Wang Gungwu

"The National Interest"This is what is so stunning about "The Clash of Civilizations: " It is not just "about" the future, but may actually help to shape it.
Zbigniew Brzezinski

An intellectual tour de force: bold, imaginative, and provocative. A seminal work that will revolutionize our understanding of international affairs.
Henry A. Kissinger

Sam Huntington, one of the West's most eminent political scentists, presents a challenging framework for understanding the realitites of global politics in the next century. "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order" is one of the most important books to have emerged since the end of the Cold War.

Elaborating his seminal and controversial article in Foreign Affairs magazine, Harvard professor Huntington presents a paradigm for post-Cold War international politics in which the principal source of conflict will be cultural divisions among competing civilizations. Prophesying an assault on Western interests, values, and power from a Confucian-Islamic connection, he artfully extrapolates from recent history in defense of his thought-provoking thesis, enjoining Western governments to reconcile themselves to new global realities and offering recommendations for prescriptive action. Though only time will vindicate, or disprove, the author, this groundbreaking book merits serious attention. Scholars in particular will want to critically assess its viability as a replacement for the realist model of world politics that has dominated Western thinking since the end of World War II. Sui generis, this distinguished contribution from an equally distinguished author is recommended wherever there is an interest in international relations.‘David Ettinger, George Washington Univ. Lib., Washington, D.C.