Samuel P. Huntington - The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order Books

Pros: Well-written, useful for illustrating how to write offensive and bad arguments
Cons: Weak thesis, black/white & us/them mentality, fearful & antagonistic tone, overly-simplified world view, repetitious

After I was done reading The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, I couldn't help but think, "Wow.. this is such a bad perspective yet there are people who will read this and believe every single word of it."  When I ...

Pros: A thought-provoking analysis of current political events
Cons: A very shaky thesis that the book fails to substantiate

In his 1996, 320-page best-seller "The Clash of Civilizations", Harvard professor Samuel P. Huntington argues that the decades to come will be shaped by military conflicts between civilizational blocs. Judging by the post-2001 events, he may well be ...

Pros: Well written, thought provoking
Cons: Some fault in the analysis

As editor of Foreign Affairs magazine, a chair at Harvard, and a leading Realist thinker, Samuel Huntington is one of the most influential public figures in the area of International Relations theory and prognostication. His most recent release, The...

Pros: good subject, challenging explanations
Cons: simplified classification, book is full of personal opinions

Huntington divides the earth into 3 different cultural areas: Asia, the Islamic world and the West. This classification by religion is questionable in my mind.
He for example describes Asia as being shaped by Confucianism but in fact Confucius is of...

Pros: Provides a convincing theory to understand politics and international relations in the 21st Century.
Cons: Very few. The book is a few years old but it holds up EXTREMELY well.

Strong praise, I realize, but this is a book that has you nodding in agreement as you turn every page. What probably seemed parochial and very un-PC six years ago rings so true in the post 9/11 world.

In a nutshell, Huntington's thesis is...

Pros: good facts, great for conversation, good for school work, useful information
Cons: Long........

I would recommend this book, as I have to some people, who have way too much time on their hands and nothing better to do. not that it was a bad book, but Sameul huntington did a great job combining a TON of facts and stuff into one book. I had to read it for my debate class, well I chose it out of a list. I enjoyed, for some reason I actually read the whole thing, but I actually think IT WOULD BE A GREAT BOOK TO LEARN HOW TO SKIM-READ ON!!!! but over all it was good, and interesting, and you learn a lot and puts things into perspective. I'd read it if you have time.