Title: When Civilizations Clash
Product review: Samuel Huntington has written a very provocative and engaging book that argues largely that conflicts in the post Cold War world will be based upon fault lines that occur within major civilizations throughout the world including the West, Sino, Islamic, Orthodox, among others. Though the theory is very beautifully laid out and elaborated on, it suffers from several faults. If one examines the global conflicts throughout the last twenty years, the theory holds for the most part (US verses Iraq/Afghanistan West vs. Islamic), The conflict in Sri Lanka, etc. But the simple fact is that conflicts still occur within the same civilizations Russia-Georgia both belong to the Orthodox. A further fault is Huntington's own admitted inability to place Africa and Latin America within a civilization. Still despite my criticisms it is a very intriguing theory that should be required reading for anyone interested in global conflict.
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