Globalisation, democracy and terrorism

In this collection essays, Eric Hobsbawm examines every aspect of the issues that have inspired the greatest debate, not only among politicians, academics and commentators but among all of us? In recent years: that is, the effects of globalisation, the plight of democracy and the threat of terrorism. Hobsbawm discusses war and peace in our lifetime, problems of public order, anarchy and terrorism, nationalism and the changing nature of the nation-state, and the future prospects for democracy, setting out the historical background and the lessons it can offer us. Above all, he turns his piercing gaze to the Middle East and Western imperialism.