To Build a Better World : Choices to End the Cold War and Create a Global Commonwealth
(Book)
Author
Contributors
Rice, Condoleezza, 1954- author.
Published
New York, NY : Twelve, 2019.
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
909.82 ZELIK
1 available
909.82 ZELIK
1 available
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
---|---|---|
Central - Adult Nonfiction | 909.82 ZELIK | Available |
Description
Loading Description...
More Details
Published
New York, NY : Twelve, 2019.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
510 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [433]-493).
Description
"Two of America's leading scholar-diplomats, Philip Zelikow and Condoleezza Rice, have combed sources in several languages, interviewed leading figures, and drawn on their own firsthand experience to bring to life the choices that molded the contemporary world. Zeroing in on the key moments of decision, the might-have-beens, and the human beings working through them, they explore both what happened and what could have happened, to show how one world ended and another took form. Beginning in the late 1970s and carrying into the present, they focus on the momentous period between 1988 and 1992, when an entire world system changed, states broke apart, and societies were transformed. Such periods have always been accompanied by terrible wars-but not this time. This is also a story of individuals coping with uncertainty. They voice their hopes and fears. They try out desperate improvisations and careful designs. These were leaders who grew up in a "postwar" world, who tried to fashion something better, more peaceful, more prosperous, than the damaged, divided world in which they had come of age. New problems are putting their choices, and the world they made, back on the operating table. It is time to recall not only why they made their choices, but also just how great nations can step up to great challenges. Timed for the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD is an authoritative depiction of contemporary statecraft. It lets readers in on the strategies and negotiations, nerve-racking risks, last-minute decisions, and deep deliberations behind the dramas that changed the face of Europe -- and the world -- forever"--Publisher's description.
Also in this Series
Checking series information...
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Zelikow, P., & Rice, C. (2019). To Build a Better World: Choices to End the Cold War and Create a Global Commonwealth (First edition.). Twelve.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Zelikow, Philip, 1954- and Condoleezza Rice. 2019. To Build a Better World: Choices to End the Cold War and Create a Global Commonwealth. Twelve.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Zelikow, Philip, 1954- and Condoleezza Rice. To Build a Better World: Choices to End the Cold War and Create a Global Commonwealth Twelve, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Zelikow, Philip, and Condoleezza Rice. To Build a Better World: Choices to End the Cold War and Create a Global Commonwealth First edition., Twelve, 2019.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
Staff View
Loading Staff View.