The Return of History: Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics in the Twenty-First Century

by Jennifer Welsh

Book Overview

In 1989, as the Berlin Wall crumbled and the Cold War dissipated, the American political commentator Francis Fukuyama wrote a famous essay, entitled "The End of History." Fukuyama argued that the demise of the confrontation between Communism and capitalism, and the expansion of Western liberal democracy, signaled the endpoint of humanity's sociocultural and political evolution, the waning of traditional power politics, and the path toward a more peaceful...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487001304
• ISBN13: 9781487001308
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: House of Anansi Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.1"