The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P. Huntington Published by Touchstone February 1998 $14.00US/$19.00CAN ISBN: 0-684-84441-9

Based on the author's seminal article in Foreign Affairs, Samuel P. Huntington's The Clash of Civilization and the Remaking of World Order is a provocative and prescient analysis of the state of world politics after the fall of communism. In this incisive work, the renowned political scientist explains how "civilizations" have replaced nation and ideologies as the driving force in volatile political culture.

Reviews
"The book is dazzling in it's scope and grasp of the intricacies of contemporary global politics."
--Francis Fukuyama, The Wall Street Journal

"Sam Huntington, one of the West's most eminent Political scientists, presents a challenging framework for understanding the realities of global politics in the next century. The Clash of the Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order is one of the most important books to have emerged since the end of the Cold War."
--Henry A. Kissinger

"An intellectual tour de force: bold, imaginative, and provocative. A seminal work that will revolutionize our understanding of international affairs."
--Zbigniew Brzezinski

"The book is studded with insights, flashes of rare brilliance, great learning, and in particular, and ability to see the familiar in a new and provocative way."
--Michael Elliott, The Washington Post Book Review

"A benchmark for informed speculation on those always fascination questions: Just where are we in history? What hidden hand is controlling our destiny?. . . A searching reflection on our global stat."
--Richard Bernstein, The New York Times

"This is what is so stunning about The Clash of Civilizations: It is not just about the future, but may actually help to shape it."
--Wang Gungwu, The National Interest

About the Author
Samuel P. Huntington is the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University, where he is also the director of the John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies and the chairman of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. He was the director of security planning for the National Security Council in the Carter administration, the founder and coeditor of Foreign Policy, and the president of the American Political Science Association. He is the author of many books and scholarly articles. Huntington lives in Boston, Massachusetts.