Seize the Moment: America's Challenge in a One-Superpower World [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Nixon, Richard M.

Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1992

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Fine unread condition blue boards, navy blue cloth spine, gold front cover facsimile Nixon signature, and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by Richard Nixon; Author Dedication; Author's Note and Index. "Thirty -two years ago in Moscow, Krushchev arrogantly predicted to me, 'Your grandchildren will live under communism.' I responded, 'Your grandchildren will live in freedom.' At the time, I was sure he was wrong, but I was not sure I was right. As a result of the new Soviet revolution, I proved to be right. Khrushchev's grandchildren now live in freedom." - from the inner front jacket flap. "In this brilliant and timely book, at once visionary and pragmatic, Richard Nixon defines the historic challenges - and opportunities - facing America today as the cold war ends and a new, far more complex era begins. With the collapse of communism, America is now the only superpower in a world no longer divided into two blocs inspired by two conflicting ideologies. While many call for America to withdraw into complacent isolationism in the aftermath of our victory in the cold war, only American leadership can guide the turbulent new world toward freedom and prosperity in what will become a new American century. Forcefully dismissing the three prevailing post-cold war "myths" about American foreign policy - that "history has ended" with the defeat of communism, that military power has become irrelevant, and that America is a declining power - Nixon charts the course America must take in the future to ensure that the extraordinary opportunities of this unique moment in history are not wasted. He asserts that now is not the time for complacancy but instead for summoning the West to win the final battle for democratic and free-market principles in the East. Nixon deals in detail with the changes taking place in the former Soviet Union and explains how we can not only best help its people but also serve our own interests, basing his arguments on his long, unrivaled experience in Soviet affairs, as well as his recent personal contacts with Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and many of the leaders of the failed coup. Nixon's firsthand portraits of the major Soviet political figures, at once penetrating and intimate, are both newsworthy and fascinating, essential reading for every American who wants to understand what is at stake, for them and for us. Bringing to every part of the world his own special fund of historical knowledge, political insight, and statesman's common sense, Nixon goes on to examine the challenges confronting the United States in Europe, the Pacific Rim, the Muslim world, and the underdeveloped world. He ends with a cogent analysis of what is needed for a renewal of America, based on the three ideals - freedom, opportunity, and individual responsibility - that represent not only the key to America's success but also the best hope for countries that wish to follow our example. Seize the Moment challenges us to seek a goal higher than a "new world order" - to set our sights higher than securing peace and stability. In their last meeting, Mao Zedong asked President Nixon a profound question: "Is peace America's only goal?" Nixon replied that our goal was peace but a peace that was more than the absence of war - "a peace with justice." It is that kind of peace which is the subject of Richard Nixon's ninth - and possibly most important - book." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps. Seller Inventory # 008275

Bibliographic Details

Title: Seize the Moment: America's Challenge in a ...

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York

Publication Date: 1992

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Anthony, Robert (jacket design); Gelberg, Bob (jacket photograph); Mendenhall, Jim (author photograph)

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: 1st Edition