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Strange Rebels - 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century

English · Paperback / Softback

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Describes five simultaneous progressive movements in China, Poland, Iran, Britain, and Afghanistan during 1979 that created economic powerhouses and started holy wars and discusses how these movements shaped the current world stage.

About the author

Christian Caryl, a Senior Fellow at the Legatum Institute, is also a contributing editor at Foreign Policy, a regular contributor to the New York Review of Books, and a former Newsweek correspondent. Caryl is a senior fellow of the Center for International Studies at MIT and winner of an Overseas Press Club Award.

Summary

"A timely new book... Anyone who wants to understand how this new world came into being needs to read Mr. Caryl's excellent book."-The Economist

Product details

Authors Christian Caryl
Publisher Basic Books Inc.
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 27.03.2014
 
EAN 9780465065677
ISBN 978-0-465-06567-7
No. of pages 432
Dimensions 157 mm x 235 mm x 27 mm
Subjects Non-fiction book

POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General

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