Historic Documents of Globalization

Historic Documents of Globalization
The Essential Primary Sources
Author(s): Eric Cunningham
Collection(s): Historic Documents Series
Publication Date: 15 August, 2025  Available in all formats
ISBN: 9781961844421
Pages: 208

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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.

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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.

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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

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