Historic Documents of Globalization
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This volume explores critical aspects of the rise and expansion of globalization through key primary documents, from letters and speeches to government documents. Overview articles provide important context to the era, while the curated selection of documents helps make the volume an important starting point for historical research.
This volume explores critical aspects of the rise and expansion of globalization through key primary documents, from letters and speeches to government documents. Overview articles provide important context to the era, while the curated selection of documents helps make the volume an important starting point for historical research.
Contents
Globalization
Deng Xiaoping: “Emancipate the Mind”
Alexander Solzhenitsyn: “A World Split Apart”
Nelson Mandela: “We Have Waited Too Long for Our Freedom”
Aung San Suu Kyi: “Freedom from Fear”
Benjamin R. Barber: “Jihad vs. McWorld”
Nelson Mandela: Inaugural Address
UN Human Rights Report on Zaire
Osama bin Laden: Declaration of Jihad against Americans
Interview with the Dalai Lama on China, Hatred, and Optimism
Óscar Arias: “Thoughts on Peace”
Condoleezza Rice: Keynote Address at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum
Joschka Fischer: From Confederacy to Federation
Bin Ladin Determined to Strike in US
Robert C. Byrd: “We Stand Passively Mute” Speech
George W. Bush: Address to the Nation on Military Operations in Iraq
Hugo Chávez: Speech at the Opening of the Twelfth G-15 Summit
Taguba Report
9/11 Commission Report
Ariel Sharon: Speech to the UN General Assembly
Condoleezza Rice: “International Support for Iraqi Democracy”
M. Jay Wells: “Why the Mortgage Crisis Happened”
Geir Haarde: Statement on Financial Crisis in Iceland
Alexander Jung: “Ponzi Planet: The Danger Debt Poses to the Western World”
UN Arms Trade Treaty
Benjamin Netanyahu: Speech to the UN General Assembly
Hassan Rouhani: Letter to the UN General Assembly
Abdullah II: Remarks to the UN General Assembly
Viktor Orbán: Speech at the 25th Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp
Alexis Tsipras: Speech on Debt Referendum