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...World: History’s Age of Hatred by Niall Ferguson—History can repeat itself...
...series entitled “The Power of Art.” If reviews of these shows are any indication, Schama looks poised to remain a so-called “Superdon,” in the illustrious company of Harvard’s own Tisch Professor of History Niall Ferguson, for quite some time...
...Legacy of 9/11 "The Nation that Fell to Earth" [sept. 11], Niall Ferguson's fast-forward history of 9/11 from the vantage point of 2036, neglected to mention that the Iraq invasion was illegal and that, as a consequence, George W. Bush is a war criminal. Ferguson also left out Abu Ghraib, the killings at Haditha and the concentration camp at Guantánamo Bay. When people look back on this decade, they will see that Bush and the neoconservatives destroyed the ability of the U.S. to champion human rights, freedom and democracy and made it morally bankrupt. John Devere...
...Niall Ferguson's vision of 9/11 from the perspective of 25 years hence was fascinating [Sept. 11]. He was wise to note that elections are not a panacea for the problems of the Islamic world. Ferguson's vision of the U.S. restored to relevance by old-fashioned economic transformation was compelling. We face the challenge of combatting Islamic terrorism while creating a sustainable world economy. We must be able to meet current needs while preserving adequate resources and the environment for our grandchildren. Our economic goals may seem less urgent, but failing to meet them could be disastrous and create...
...Niall Ferguson leaves some important things unsaid in his backward look from 2031. Large, well-educated Muslim populations around the globe support democracy and would like, with or without America's war for it, to see it take sustainable roots in their nations. But many of them are not attracted to the cultural-economic box in which the sponsored democracy comes packaged. Only a few world leaders have had the courage to go straight to the heart of the matter: the birth and intensity of this century's irrational militancy has less to do with the absence of democracy than...