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Flashpoints : The Emerging Crisis In Europe
Paperback Edition: 2015
In Flashpoints, George Friedman zooms in on the region that has been the cultural hotbed of the world - Europe - and examines the most basic and fascinating building block of the region: culture. Analysing the fault lines that have existed for centuries -
and which have led to two world wars and dozens more conflicts - Friedman walks us through the 'flashpoints' that are still smouldering beneath the surface and are on course to erupt again. Using his personal knowledge and European background, Friedman begins with a fascinating history of the events leading up to the horrific wars that nearly tore apart Western civilisation. Modern-day Europe, and the formation of the European Union, were designed to minimise the built-in geopolitical tensions that led to catastrophic war. But, as Friedman shows, those plans have failed. 'Flashpoints' are now simmering as dangerously as in the early 20th century. Zeroing in on half-a-dozen locations, borderlands, and cultural dynamics, George Friedman does what few historians can - he explains precisely how certain trends are unstoppable, and what the future holds ...both in terms of conflict and also opportunity. Flashpoints reveals a geopolitical landscape that is at once a scintillating history lesson and a forecast for the coming years.
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Pages : 288
Publisher : Scribe Publications
Publication date : 2015-02-25
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, Politics, Geopolitics