The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (Paperback)  | Released: Jan,2016

Samuel P. Huntington, one of theworld’s most influential thinkers,argues in this seminal bookthat conflicts between differentcultural ‘civilizations’ are thegreatest threat to world peace.He suggests that the world iscomprised of not two oppositebut eight diverse groups, basedon religion, and how internationalcooperation between them isthe best safeguard against war.Global events in the twenty-first century have proved his foresightand sagacity. Huntington’sprovocative thesis that a strugglefor supremacy among dominantcultures—like the Japanese,Chinese, Hindu and Islamic—isinevitable is turning into reality.In the end, people’s decisionto coexist or to make war ina complex, multipolar, multicivilizationalworld will determinethe course of humanity. About the AuthorSamuel P. Huntington (1927– 2008) was Albert J. Weatherhead III University at Harvard University, where he was also director of the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies and chairman of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. He was director of security planning for the National Security Council in the Carter Administration, founder and co-editor of Foreign Policy, and president of the American Political Science Association. He is the author of many books and scholarly articles.