01468nam a22001337a 4500020001500000082001100015100001900026245008300045260003400128300002700162505001800189520110700207650002001314 a0671743430 a327.73 aNixon, Richard aSeize The Moment: America's Challenge in A One-Superpower WorldcRichard Nixon aUSAbSimon and Schusterc1992 a322 Pagesb18x12cmbHB aInclude Index aWhat is most striking about Mr. Nixon's charge to seize the moment, nearly all of which is sensible and sound, is the continuity of his counsel." 'The New York Times "In Moscow, Khrushchev arrogantly predicted to me, 'Your grandchildren will live under communism.' I responded, 'Your grandchildren will live in freedom.' At the time, I was sure he was wrong, but I was not sure I was right. As a result of the new Soviet revolution, I proved to be right. Khrushchev's grandchildren now live in freedom." In this brilliantly timed book, Richard Nixon defines the challenges and opportunities facing America as the world's sole superpower. Only American leadership, he contends, can guide the turbulent post-Soviet Union world toward freedom and prosperity and make the 21st century an American century. Forcefully dismissing the three prevailing post-Cold War myths about America'that "history has ended" with the defeat of communism, that military power had become irrelevant, and that America is a declining power'Nixon charts the course America must take in the future to seize this moment in history aSocial Sciences