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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Table of Contents
Dedication
Prologue: Legacies of Cocoanut Grove
Two stories—What’s a crisis?—Individual and national crises—What this book is and isn’t—Plan of the book
PART 1 | INDIVIDUALS
Chapter 1. Personal Crises
A personal crisis—Trajectories—Dealing with crises—Factors related to outcomes—National crises
PART 2 | NATIONS: CRISES THAT UNFOLDED
Chapter 2. Finland’s War with the Soviet Union
Visiting Finland—Language—Finland until 1939—The Winter War—The Winter War’s end—The Continuation War—After 1945—Walking a tightrope—Finlandization—Crisis framework
Chapter 3. The Origins of Modern Japan
My Japanese connections—Japan before 1853—Perry—1853 to 1868—The Meiji Era—Meiji reforms—“Westernization”—Overseas expansion—Crisis framework—Questions
Chapter 4. A Chile for All Chileans
Visiting Chile—Chile until 1970—Allende—The coup and Pinochet—Economics until “No!”—After Pinochet—Pinochet’s shadow—Crisis framework—Returning to Chile
Chapter 5. Indonesia, the Rise of a New Country
In a hotel—Indonesia’s background—The colonial era—Independence—Sukarno—Coup—Mass murder—Suharto—Suharto’s legacies—Crisis framework—Returning to Indonesia
Chapter 6. Rebuilding Germany
Germany in 1945—1945 to 1961—Germans holding judgment—1968—1968’s aftermath—Brandt and re-unification—Geographic constraints—Self-pity?—Leaders and realism—Crisis framework
Chapter 7. Australia: Who Are We?
Visiting Australia—First Fleet and Aborigines—Early immigrants—Towards self-government—Federation—Keeping them out—World War One—World War Two—Loosening the ties—The end of White Australia—Crisis framework
PART 3 | NATIONS AND THE WORLD: CRISES UNDERWAY
Chapter 8. What Lies Ahead for Japan?
Japan today—Economy—Advantages—Government debt—Women—Babies—Old and declining—Immigration—China and Korea—Natural resource management—Crisis framework
Chapter 9. What Lies Ahead for the United States? Strengths, and the Biggest Problem
The U.S. today—Wealth—Geography—Advantages of democracy—Other advantages—Political polarization—Why?—Other polarization
Chapter 10. What Lies Ahead for the United States? Three “Other” Problems
Other problems—Elections—Inequality and immobility—So what?—Investing in the future—Crisis framework
Chapter 11. What Lies Ahead for the World?
The world today—Nuclear weapons—Climate change—Fossil fuels—Alternative energy sources—Other natural resources—Inequality—Crisis framework
Epilogue: Lessons, Questions, and Outlook
Predictive factors—Are crises necessary?—Roles of leaders in history—Roles of specific leaders—What next?—Lessons for the future
Photos
Acknowledgments
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Illustration Credits
Further Readings
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