audiobook Islam in Russia: The Politics of Identity and Security by Shireen Hunter in History

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This astonishing book will change the way you see the world -- and your place in it. With startling originality; The Fourth Turning illuminates the past; explains the present; and reimagines the future. Most remarkably; it offers an utterly persuasive prophecy about a new American era that will begin just after the millennium.William Strauss and Neil Howe base this vision on a provocative new theory of American history. The authors look back five hundred years and uncover a distinct pattern: Modern history moves in cycles; each one lasting about the length of a long human life; each composed of four eras--or "turnings"--that last about twenty years and that always arrive in the same order. First comes a High; a period of confident expansion as a new order takes root after the old has been swept away. Next comes an Awakening; a time of spiritual exploration and rebellion against the now-established order. Then comes an Unraveling; an increasingly troubled era in which individualism triumphs over crumbling institutions. Last comes a Crisis--the Fourth Turning--when society passes through a great and perilous gate in history. Together; the four turnings comprise history's seasonal rhythm of growth; maturation; entropy; and rebirth.Strauss and Howe locate today's America as midway through an Unraveling; roughly a decade away from the next era of Crisis. In a brilliant analysis of the post-World War II period; they show how generational dynamics are the key to understanding the cycles of American history. They draw vivid portraits of all the modern generations: the can-do G.I.s; the mediating Silent; the values-absorbed Boomers; the pragmatic 13ers; and the child Millennials. Placed in the context of history's long rhythms; the persona and role of each generation become clear--as does the inevitability of the coming Crisis.Whatever your stage of life; The Fourth Turning offers bold predictions about how all of us can prepare; individually and collectively; for America's next rendezvous with destiny.