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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (81402)3/12/2003 12:40:32 AM
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Our World-Historical Gamble
By Lee Harris 03/11/2003


1: THE PROBLEM


1. The Problem
2. The Source of Our Uncertainty
3. The Lesson of Marx
4. The Unintended Consequences of The Liberal World Order
5. The End of Classical Sovereignty
6. The Threat of a "Rouge" Nuclear Strike
7. Cutting the Gordian Knot
8. Beyond Clauswitz

Of the many words written for and against the coming war with Iraq, none has been more perceptive than Paul Johnson's observation in his essay "Leviathan to the Rescue" that such a war "has no precedent in history" and that "in terms of presidential power and national sovereignty, Mr. Bush is walking into unknown territory. By comparison, the Gulf War of the 1990's was a straightforward, conventional case of unprovoked aggression, like Germany's invasion of Belgium in 1914 and Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor."
The implications of this remark - like the implications of the war with Iraq - are profound. The war with Iraq will constitute one of those momentous turning points of history in which one nation under the guidance of a strong-willed, self-confident leader undertakes to alter the fundamental state of the world. It is, to use the language of Hegel, an event that is world-historical in its significance and scope. And it will be world-historical, no matter what the outcome may be.

Such world-historical events, according to Hegel, are inherently sui generis - they break the mold and shatter tradition.... techcentralstation.com
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