The return of history : conflict, migration, and geopolitics in the twenty-first century

Welsh, Jennifer M. (Jennifer Mary) 1965- (author.).

Summary: "More than two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, Welsh revisited the bold claims made by Francis Fukuyama and the prophets of progress, who declared the triumph of Western liberal democracy and the advent of a more peaceful world. She identifies four main fault lines that threaten global security and economic and social stability: the return of barbarism with the rise of ISIS, the return of mass flight with the Syrian refugee crisis, the return of Cold War with Vladimir Putin's Russia, and the return of staggering inequality within Western nations. A powerful and essential analysis of the world's most pressing contemporary crises."--Page 4 of cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9781487002428
ISBN: 1487002424
Physical Description: print
387 pages ; 21 cm.
Edition: Updated and with a new afterword.
Publisher: [Toronto] : House of Anansi Press, 2017.
Copyright: [©2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The return of history -- The return of barbarism -- The return of mass flight -- The return of Cold War -- The return of inequality.