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Savage Century: Back to Barbarism
by: Therese Delpech

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 327
EAN: 9780870032325
ISBN: 0870032321
Label: Brookings Institution Press
Manufacturer: Brookings Institution Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 210
Publication Date: October 30, 2008
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Sales Rank: 321875
Studio: Brookings Institution Press

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At the dawn of the twentieth century, observers heralded a new era of social progress, seemingly limitless technological advances, and world peace. But, within only a few years, the world was perched on the brink of war, revolution, and human misery on an unprecedented scale. Is it possible that today, in the early twenty-first century, we are on the verge of similar, tumultuous times? Blending a detailed knowledge of international security affairs with history, philosophy, psychology, and literature, Therese Delpech vividly reminds us of the signs and warnings that were missed as the 'civilized' world failed to prevent both world wars, the Holocaust, Soviet death camps, and Cambodian killing fields that made the twentieth century so deadly.Drawing a parallel between 1905 and 2005, Delpech warns that it could happen again in this current era of increasing international violence and global lawlessness. She looks ahead to imagine various scenarios and regions that could become flashpoints in the future. Winner of the 2005 Prix Femina de l'essai.Praise for the original French edition, 'L'Ensauvagement': 'One doesn't know what to admire most in this book: the precision of information, the scope of reference, the originality of the approachA. ..' - 'Le Nouvel Observateur'. 'From Iranian nuclear ambitions to the Taiwan question, Delpech reviews all the situations which might lead mankind to succumb to the perennial temptation of savagery-a passionate and lucid book' - 'L'argus de la presse'. 'L'ensauvagement transcends its surface content, articulating great hope that our reason and will might take hold and overcome unreason' - 'Politique etrangere'. 'Combining introspection and prediction, geopolitics and philosophy, Therese Delpech has issued a warning cry' - 'Politique Internationale'.

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- Are we dangerously close to another period of savage world wars?
"Savage Century: Back to Barbarism," by Thérèse Delpech, poses the question: What are the worldwide political parallels between 1905 and 2005, and do these similarities suggest that we are, once again, dangerously close to another period of savage world wars? The author makes a convincing argument that the answer is yes.

Thérèse Delpech is director for strategic studies at the Atomic Energy Commission of France and French Commissioner at the UN for the disarmament of Iraq. The original French version of the book, "L'Ensauvagement," won the prestigious 2005 Prix Femina de L'essai. This English translation missed getting a four-star rating from me because I found it frequently very difficult to understand. On just about every page there were sentences that I needed to read over and over again trying to decipher what the author meant, and for many other sentences I was never able to comprehend what ... Read More

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