The Leaderless Revolution: How Ordinary People Will Take Power and Change Politics in the Twenty-First Century - Hardcover

Ross, Carne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399158723 ISBN 13: 9780399158728

Publisher: Blue Rider Pr, 2012

Synopsis

A provocative, sophisticated book about how the world's people can band together to force societal change written by one of the new leaders in the anti-Wall Street, anti-inequality movement, Carne Ross.Coming first as an ebook to capture the “Occupy Wall Street” news cycle, and as a pbook in January 2012 for the first anniversary of the Arab Spring.Of the book, John Le Carré says, “So bold, so full of incontestable truths and overwhelming convictions, that it should be read by every diplomat, politician and thinking citizen with the courage to pick it up.”

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Review

"An impassioned, idealistic critique of the state of global politics and the deepening rift between those with power and those without."
- "The Guardian"

"Intriguing ... the author provides many fascinating personal insights into the crises not only in Iraq, but also Afghanistan, Kosovo, Mauretania and Sudan."
- "Kirkus Reviews"

"It's been a long time since I've read a more interesting, informing and inspiring book than "The Leaderless Revolution"." -Bill Moyers
"Intriguing...the author provides many fascinating personal insights into the crises not only in Iraq, but also Afghanistan, Kosovo, Mauretania and Sudan." -"Kirkus"
"Carne Ross takes up where Naomi Klein, Noreena Hertz, and others left off. This is an impassioned, idealistic critique of the state of global politics and the deepening rift between those with power and those without." -"The Guardian" (London)
So bold, so full of incontestable truths and overwhelming convictions, that it should be read by every diplomat, politician and thinking citizen with the courage to pick it up. -John Le Carre
It s been a long time since I ve read a more interesting, informing and inspiring book than The Leaderless Revolution." -Bill Moyers
"Carne Ross takes up where Naomi Klein, Noreena Hertz, and others left off. This is an impassioned, idealistic critique of the state of global politics and the deepening rift between those with power and those without." -The Guardian (London)
Intriguing the author provides many fascinating personal insights into the crises not only in Iraq, but also Afghanistan, Kosovo, Mauretania and Sudan. -Kirkus"

"So bold, so full of incontestable truths and overwhelming convictions, that it should be read by every diplomat, politician and thinking citizen with the courage to pick it up." -John Le Carre
"It's been a long time since I've read a more interesting, informing and inspiring book than The Leaderless Revolution." -Bill Moyers
"Carne Ross takes up where Naomi Klein, Noreena Hertz, and others left off. This is an impassioned, idealistic critique of the state of global politics and the deepening rift between those with power and those without." -The Guardian (London)
"Intriguing...the author provides many fascinating personal insights into the crises not only in Iraq, but also Afghanistan, Kosovo, Mauretania and Sudan." -Kirkus

-So bold, so full of incontestable truths and overwhelming convictions, that it should be read by every diplomat, politician and thinking citizen with the courage to pick it up.- -John Le Carre
-It's been a long time since I've read a more interesting, informing and inspiring book than The Leaderless Revolution.- -Bill Moyers
-Carne Ross takes up where Naomi Klein, Noreena Hertz, and others left off. This is an impassioned, idealistic critique of the state of global politics and the deepening rift between those with power and those without.- -The Guardian (London)
-Intriguing...the author provides many fascinating personal insights into the crises not only in Iraq, but also Afghanistan, Kosovo, Mauretania and Sudan.- -Kirkus

About the Author

Carne Ross is the founder and executive director of Independent Diplomat, a nonprofit advisory group that works to foster democracy and supranational cooperation. Prior to his role there, Ross was a British Foreign Service officer for fifteen years. He worked in Bonn, and then for the UK mission to the United Nations (UN). As the UK delegation's expert on the Middle East, he was an early critic of British involvement in the Iraq war, and testified against entry in the Butler Review. After resigning in protest over this issue, he fought for human rights and rule of law in Kosovo. Ross appears frequently on the BBC, CNN, and Al Jazeera, and has written for various publications, including the Guardian and Slate. He lives in New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Blue Rider Pr
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0399158723
• ISBN 13: 9780399158728
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244