The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order. by Huntington, Samuel P - 1997

New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, 1997. Reprint ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, figures, minor foxing edges, minor edgewear. 368 pp. An expanded version of an influential article published in 'Foreign Affairs' magazine, by Samuel Huntington, a political scientist at Harvard University. he pictures a post-Cold War future of accelerated conflict between civilizations that will dominate world politics. Argues that an international order based on civilizations is the best safeguard against war - driven not by ideologies or economics, but by ethnicity, religion, and other cultural forces. Classifies the major civilizations as: Western, Latin American, African, Islamic, Sinic (Chinese), Hindu, Russian / Orthodox, Buddhist, Japanese.