Seize the Moment: Americas
Challenge in a One-Superpower
World by Richard Nixon
World's View Of A Respectable Politian
The former president defines the future challenges facing America as the
Cold War ends, Communism collapses, and new opportunities open up in
the world of international politics.
Personal Review: Seize the Moment: Americas Challenge in a
One-Superpower World by Richard Nixon
This book is a recipe for any current president as we look to establish
peace not only around the world, but starting with the Middle East.
I got this book some time ago largely to just put on my bookshelf. After
years sitting there, I read it because I have read a lot about Richard Nixon,
but never anything by him. So sum up the book, it provides a prescription
with statistical and analytical supporting argument for the way forward in
world politics as the one remaining superpower. I did not realize what I was
going to read about until I started reading and now must place it right next
to Kissinger's book on the same subject. While both men are despised by
many from the political left, I believe their worldviews are required reading
to formulate balanced views. When I contrast both books I find Nixon
focused on the world of finance and business and Kissenger focused on
politics and power. Both have a common denominator, which is national
security.
Nixon begins his worldviews much like Kissenger with Europe. But Nixon
brings Russia into the mix much more prominently. In doing so he provides
a lot of data to support his argument that Gorbechov was a half-wit when
measured up for the job he undertook. He paints a picture with numeric
data on economics to demonstrate Gorbechov's basic misunderstanding of
fundamental economics. With regard to the oppressive measures he
imposed upon his people and his neighbors while at the same time
promoting glastnost, and prestroika shows the conflicted side of

Gorbechov. Gorbechov's policy and actions are painted as a contradiction
in terms on both economic and human liberties fronts. After reading the
chapter on Russia, I came away with yet another example of the Nobel
Peace prize being a Swedish lark.
Nixon saw the rest of Europe with a few minor concerns. He shares a fear
of Empire Europe and a Eastern Block that would be subject to civil war.
His fear of an EU albeit muted seems to have come to fruition just as he
visualized. In my opinion, today's EU has many national conflicts that leave
the idea of Fortress Europe unlikely and at the same time an EU, lead by
the power hungry French and Germans, that is prone to tell the United
States to go home. That is until some civil conflict requires us to return and
help resolve the conflict militarily, as in Yugoslavia. Keep in mind the
French and Germans have yet to prove themselves as a prime mover to
mediate an international dispute to a peaceful end.
As Nixon moves to Asia, he leads with Japan. Here you discover his
propensity to lead the world through economic policy and sound business
practice. As opposed to the impression he left in his role of the inherited
Viet Nam fiasco. He recognizes Japan's entanglement of government and
business, but is clearly critical of those in the united States who seek
protectionism. In moving to China you get a glimpse of Nixon's 1968 vision
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