Título: To Build a Better World
Autor: Philip Zelikow, Condoleezza Rice
Sinopse: A deeply researched international history and analysis of how a divided world ended and our present world was fashioned, as the world drifts toward another great time of choosing. Two of America's leading scholar-diplomats, Philip Zelikow and Condoleezza Rice, have combed sources in several languages, interviewed leading figures, and drawn on their own firsthand experience to bring to life the choices that molded the contemporary world. Zeroing in on the key moments of decision, the might-have-beens, and the human beings working through them, they explore both what happened and what could have happened, to show how one world ended and another took form. Beginning in the late 1970s and carrying into the present, they focus on the momentous period between 1988 and 1992, when an entire world system changed, states broke apart, and societies were transformed. Such periods have always been accompanied by terrible wars-but not this time. This is also a story of individuals coping with uncertainty. They voice their hopes and fears. They try out desperate improvisations and careful designs. These were leaders who grew up in a "postwar" world, who tried to fashion something better, more peaceful, more prosperous, than the damaged, divided world in which they had come of age. New problems are putting their choices, and the world they made, back on the operating table. It is time to recall not only why they made their choices, but also just how great nations can step up to great challenges. Timed for the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, TO BUILD A BETTER WORLD is an authoritative depiction of contemporary statecraft. It lets readers in on the strategies and negotiations, nerve-racking risks, last-minute decisions, and deep deliberations behind the dramas that changed the face of Europe -- and the world -- forever.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “To Build a Better World”, de Philip Zelikow, Condoleezza Rice, publicado pela editora Twelve, em 2019 e com 528 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Twelve
Páginas: 528
Ano: 2019
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Linguagem: pt_BR
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ISBN13: 9781538764664
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Twelve oferecem uma experiência de leitura marcada por narrativas que transitam entre o relato pessoal e a análise social, frequentemente explorando temas como identidade, poder e pertencimento. O catálogo reúne obras que combinam histórias de transformação individual, como jornadas de autodescoberta e conflitos familiares, com investigações aprofundadas sobre acontecimentos políticos e culturais contemporâneos. Há uma atenção constante à complexidade humana, seja em memórias políticas, biografias esportivas ou relatos jornalísticos, sempre com um tom que varia do íntimo ao crítico, sem perder a clareza e o ritmo envolvente.
