The Leaderless Revolution
How Ordinary People will Take Power and Change Politics in the 21st Century
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
2 July 2012
Summary
GO ON - CHANGE THE WORLD!
Wherever you are live in the world, few ordinary people would vote for a government that promised to lead them to war, that announced that they couldn’t predict or control the world markets in any way, that declared ambivalence about pollution and global warming, that openly appeared to be corrupt and self-serving. And yet, it appears to many that these are the leaders we end up with. Vacuous promises of ‘change’ amount to nothing, and there seems little dece…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847396396 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1847396399 |
| Author: | Carne Ross |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 2 July 2012 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm |
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Critics Review
“An impassioned, idealistic critique of the state of global politics and the deepening rift between those with power and those without.”
- “The Guardian”
“Intriguing … the author provides many fascinating personal insights into the crises not only in Iraq, but also Afghanistan, Kosovo, Mauretania and Sudan.”
- “Kirkus Reviews”
“It’s been a long time since I’ve read a more interesting, informing and inspiring book than ‘The Leaderless Revolution.”
- Bill Moyers
“So bold, so full of incontestable truths and overwhelming convictions, that it should be read by every diplomat, politician and thinking citizen with the courage to pick it up.”
- John le Carre
About The Author
Carne Ross
Carne Ross is a former senior British diplomat, author and journalist. Having resigned from the British foreign service after giving secret testimony to an official inquiry into the Iraq war (he was Britain’s Iraq WMD and sanctions expert at the UN for over 4 years) he then set up the world’s first independent diplomatic advisory group, Independent Diplomat.
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