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Endorsed by two leading experts on the current state of the world (see p iii) this book reflects the concerns now shared by many professionals. It is a much needed link - a hyphen - bringing the essentials of the work of acknowledged experts to those of us in many countries who are increasingly concerned about the way the world is going but have no time to forage through the mass of information available about the twin existential threats of climate change and over-population, the way our times are blighted by a rash of wars and religious violence, and how confrontation could be replaced by an era of cooperation - essential for mankind's survival. As a diplomat and diplomatic consultant, war correspondent in Vietnam, businessman in Mao's Cultural Revolution, adviser in Bosnia during the siege of Sarajevo, and first director of The Cambodia Trust, John Pedler has had, for over half a century, a ringside seat at the world's circus. Here he shares his experiences and the conclusions he has reached on the world we know and 'the beyond'. As well as the ordinary concerned reader, it will interest other foreign affairs professionals - diplomats, those in think tanks, and in the media - who tend to be specialists and do not usually reveal, as John Pedler does, how they view the world as whole. And of course this is very much for the young who will have to deal with the daunting problems we are leaving them. This book won't quickly date for it shines a spotlight well into the future. This second edition contains a postscript - for 2015 - looking at how the themes in the first edition have developed over the past year. John Pedler was educated in England, the United States, and the London School of Economics where he took an additional course in Comparative Religion. He works in France as a consultant with a long suffering wife and a large unruly garden.

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Information re John Pedler, author of 'A Valedictory Despatch' (In French Une Derniere Depeche) [prime literary influence: Leon Fuerth's Project on Forward Engagement 'Anticipatory Governance' ( Mastering the future before it masters us )] -------------------------- Born: 1928 London Educated: in England, the United States, and at The London School of Economics 1945/48, BSC (Econ) (Took an additional course in Comparative Religion) National Service: RAFVR (Cadet Pilot). Trieste Security Office (during US and UK occupation) British Foreign Service (Now Diplomatic Service): joined 1951. American Department, desk officer (West coast South American countries) Desk officer for French and Italian Communism. Postings - British Embassy Vienna; High Commissioner's Office for S.E.Asia, Singapore (Desk officer for Vietnam); British Embassy Saigon; British Embassy Laos; British Embassy Phnom Penh. SE Asia Officer for Overseas Chinese. Back in UK: Economic Relations Department, Far Eastern Department: UK relations with the '6' of the EEC and the '7' of EFTA ('at sixes and sevens')

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