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The end of revolution : a changing world in the age of live television / Frida Ghitis.
Van Pelt Library PN4874.G359 A3 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ghitis, Frida.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ghitis, Frida.
- Television journalists--United States--Biography.
- Television journalists.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 244 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora Publishing, 2001.
- Summary:
- The Death of Revolution takes us deep into the world drama, where CNN images were blocked from couch-potato-viewers. From Latin America's social volcanoes and East Asian strife to shock-therapy in Eastern Europe and new ethnic definitions, the Marxist guerrillas and Leftist intellectuals had a rude awakening. In her "Swindler's List," Ghitis records her firsthand observations from ground zero.
- "Students from Third World countries seemed to be walking around in a daze. Many of them had come to Moscow to learn about Communism, to learn how to replicate the Soviet model in their countries. Now the plan for their lives had suddenly evaporated." The plight of leftist students was almost trivial compared to that of armed revolutionaries whose side had surrendered in mid-battle. Ghitis takes us to the jungle and shows how the New World Order smells when revolutionaries end up with egg on their faces-literally and figuratively.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction: The Nameless Era 3
- Live, The End of An Era 3
- Dominos 9
- A Bright and Prosperous Future? 14
- Globalization Conquered in the Blink of an Eye 15
- What to Believe 23
- One Big, Happy Global Family 25
- The Russians Aren't Coming 27
- The King of the World 28
- 2. The End of Revolution 31
- The Rebels and the Cause 31
- The Reluctant Domino 47
- A War Un-won 56
- One More Battle 56
- From Russia to Latin America 64
- 3. After All, a Small World 71
- The Promise of a Global Era 71
- Rude Awakenings 77
- Hell No, We Won't Go! 82
- Oceans of Money 86
- The Tigers, Tamed 91
- 4. Creases in the Fabric 103
- The New World Order 103
- From Hatred to War 106
- Suicidal Nations 108
- Tangled in Hatred's Web 114
- Divided at Dayton 117
- The Mighty Force Arrives 122
- Hail to the Visitor 127
- Another Balkan War 128
- 5. Brothers' Keepers 135
- The New Game 135
- Writing the New Rules 139
- The Senator and the General vs. the President and the Secretary 144
- Clinton's Crisis 152
- After the Storm 160
- What About Africa? 162
- The Bosnia Dilemma 166
- Heroes, Generals and Jails 173
- 6. The Indispensable Nation 185
- The New Emperor of the World, Anointed 185
- The Emperor without Clothes 188
- The Field of Killings 191
- Love and Hate 196
- Homegrown Terrorism 197
- Hamburgers, Dollars and Rock'n'Roll 201
- Where Have All the Powers Gone? 207
- McProfits and Cappuccino 213
- The President's Zipper 217
- Me, My Friends and I 223
- 7. Epilogue - Naming the New Era 231
- The Perils of Predictions 231
- Paradise Postponed 232
- No Island is an Island 234
- Action and Reaction 237
- Fading Borders? 239
- The Not-So-Lone Rangers 241
- The Character of the Future 243.
- ISBN:
- 189294166X
- OCLC:
- 47870197
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