The Blinders of History
A distorted view of the present is the worst way to prepare for the challenges of the future. By obsessing about the threat of terrorism, the West risks losing sight of a broader historical challenge: the rise of Asia.
A distorted view of the present is the worst way to prepare for the challenges of the future. To describe the struggle against international terrorism as “World War IV,” as the leading American neo-conservative Norman Podhoretz does in his new book, is wrongheaded in any number of ways.