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245 10 a| Wonder and worry :b| contemporary history in an age of uncertainty /c| Francis J. Gavin.;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

505 00 g| Introduction --t| Cracks in the ivory tower --t| Why we write --t| Un-discipline yourself : reflections on ideas for a disordered world --t| America's dangerous amnesia about world order --t| The terrible dilemmas of leadership in a thermonuclear world --t| Re-imagining the world : reflections on the future of world order --t| What exactly are we doing? --t| Dark 'n' stormy --t| Learning from the big, bold 1990s debates over the post-Cold War world --t| Economics and US National security --t| It may be different than you think --t| Revise! --t| How 1970s California created the modern world --t| Asking the right questions about the past and future of world order --t| The problems of plenty --t| It's not the plane, it's the pilot --t| What if we are wrong? --t| Unspoken assumptions --t| The gap has been bridged! --t| Pandemic and the plight of American public policy --t| Blame it on the blob? How to evaluate American grand strategy --t| With great power crisis comes great power opportunity --t| Bill burns and the lost art of diplomacy --t| History, security studies, and the July crisis --t| Time to rethink America's nuclear strategy --t| The failure of markets to explain war --t| Does might make right? Individuals, ethics, and exceptionalism --t| I was wrong, now what? --t| Remembrance of things past --t| Wonder and worry in an age of distraction.;

520 a| "The current global order appears to be collapsing. Long forgotten challenges, such as the return of great power competition and the specter of nuclear war, combine with novel, complex, and menacing planetary crises ranging from climate to disease to emerging technology to threaten instability and chaos. Meanwhile, the most consequential nation in the international system, the United States, behaves erratically, seemingly willing to abandon its decades long strategy of building strong alliances, countering authoritarianism and supporting openness, and remaining deeply engaged in the world. Legacy institutions, and in particular, elite universities, seem unable to meet the moment and provide the scholarly insight and training to navigate this new world. How should we understand these distressing trends? Wonder and Worry is a collection of Francis J. Gavin's writing over the past decade on questions like: what is the state of world politics and the international system? What has been and should be America's role in the global order? And what is the most effective way to evaluate and generate insight for the first two questions? Gavin's answers are often nuanced, counterintuitive, and surprisingly optimistic. Written in a more engaging, conversational style than most scholarly treatments Wonder and Worry is an accessible contemporary history for our uncertain age." --c| back cover.;

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Wonder and worry : contemporary history in an age of uncertainty / Francis J. Gavin.

Author/creator	Gavin, Francis J. author.
Format	Book
Publication	Stockholm Bokf̲rlaget Stolpe, 2025.
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	308 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	World politics--21st century. International relations. Balance of power. Strategy--Political aspects. United States--Foreign relations. --21st century.

Contents	Introduction -- Cracks in the ivory tower -- Why we write -- Un-discipline yourself : reflections on ideas for a disordered world -- America's dangerous amnesia about world order -- The terrible dilemmas of leadership in a thermonuclear world -- Re-imagining the world : reflections on the future of world order -- What exactly are we doing? -- Dark 'n' stormy -- Learning from the big, bold 1990s debates over the post-Cold War world -- Economics and US National security -- It may be different than you think -- Revise! -- How 1970s California created the modern world -- Asking the right questions about the past and future of world order -- The problems of plenty -- It's not the plane, it's the pilot -- What if we are wrong? -- Unspoken assumptions -- The gap has been bridged! -- Pandemic and the plight of American public policy -- Blame it on the blob? How to evaluate American grand strategy -- With great power crisis comes great power opportunity -- Bill burns and the lost art of diplomacy -- History, security studies, and the July crisis -- Time to rethink America's nuclear strategy -- The failure of markets to explain war -- Does might make right? Individuals, ethics, and exceptionalism -- I was wrong, now what? -- Remembrance of things past -- Wonder and worry in an age of distraction.
Abstract	"The current global order appears to be collapsing. Long forgotten challenges, such as the return of great power competition and the specter of nuclear war, combine with novel, complex, and menacing planetary crises ranging from climate to disease to emerging technology to threaten instability and chaos. Meanwhile, the most consequential nation in the international system, the United States, behaves erratically, seemingly willing to abandon its decades long strategy of building strong alliances, countering authoritarianism and supporting openness, and remaining deeply engaged in the world. Legacy institutions, and in particular, elite universities, seem unable to meet the moment and provide the scholarly insight and training to navigate this new world. How should we understand these distressing trends? Wonder and Worry is a collection of Francis J. Gavin's writing over the past decade on questions like: what is the state of world politics and the international system? What has been and should be America's role in the global order? And what is the most effective way to evaluate and generate insight for the first two questions? Gavin's answers are often nuanced, counterintuitive, and surprisingly optimistic. Written in a more engaging, conversational style than most scholarly treatments Wonder and Worry is an accessible contemporary history for our uncertain age." -- back cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN	9789190021019
ISBN	9190021010 (hardback)

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