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Andy Herbert
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Ive had this book for many years, decided to pull it out today. I forgot where I got it but it was printed in 1982. I looked st the last pages, "the world in 1980" * it had the cold war end in 1978. The soviet invasion of Afghanistan had just begun, regesn had also started his term

Andy Herbert
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* the last page discussed the middle east with oil production. No gulf wars, in fact I dont even think al-queda was a thing when this book was made. * the internet was at most an idea in university, ARPANET wasnt public yet. Cybernetics was mentioned as an up and coming tech trend.

Andy Herbert
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* third world countries and poverty disparity on a nation level was discussed * the book foreshadows a "period of turbulence and unsettlement" and mentions political divide in the US, post Vietnam war * nothing about CIA involvement in Latin america

Andy Herbert
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* images were computer generated, with very rudimentary terrain shading and some 3D globe renderings. Very interesting seeing the odd perspectives rendered to 3D, all prior to modern graphics techniques which were establishing themselves in the 1980s * this book is probably older than my house

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Andy Herbert
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This book provides a unique perspective to how events csnt necessarily be predicted. At time of publishing, I doubt the authors could have predicted that less than 10 years later, the USSR would collapse, Yugoslavia would split, Germany would unify, and south Africa would cease apartheid.