How can the human race, whether for selfish or more cosmopolitan ends, understand and control the seemingly blind forces of history? (Robert Gilpin)

How can the human race, whether for selfish or more cosmopolitan ends, understand and control the seemingly blind forces of history?

Robert Gilpin

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