By Samuel P. Huntington
Simon & Schuster. 367 pages. £16.99
Samuel Huntington is one of the West's most eminent political scientists. His recent book, The Clash of Civilisations, has been described by Henry Kissinger as 'one of the most important books to have emerged since the end of the Cold War', and by Francis Fukuyama as 'dazzling in its scope and grasp of the intricacies of contemporary global politics'.