June 2002 Vol.5, No. 5 Contents The West Is Fighting for Its Survival by Melvin Rhodes Restoration: We Hold These Truths... by Darris McNeely What Do You Know--and What Will You Do? by Darris McNeely Palestine/Israel--Whose Land Is It, Really? by Cecil E. Maranville  Book Review: Statecraft by Margaret Thatcher by John Ross Schroeder  In Brief...World News Review by Darris McNeely, John Ross Schroeder and Jim Tuck This Is the Way...Making Sense in a Senseless Neighborhood by Robin Webber June '02 Main Book Review: Statecraft by Margaret Thatcher A review of Margaret Thatcher's new book, Statecraft, published by Harper and Collins, London, 2002. by John Ross Schroeder D edicated to President Ronald Reagan (whose administration ran from 1981 to 1989), a new book by former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (who governed Britain from 1979 to 1990) is mainly a panoramic assessment of world conditions from a political, economic and military point of view. Although this new work covers elements of America, Russia, Asia and the Middle East, this review concentrates on the European theater. According to some of what one reads in the European press, continental leaders "believe they are moving beyond power into a self-contained world of laws and rules and transnational negotiation and cooperation. Europe itself has entered a post-historical paradise, the realization of Immanuel Kant's 'perpetual peace'" (Robert Kagan, "Different Philosophies of Power," International Herald Tribune, May 27, 2002). Many European politicians do not fully share President Bush's view of Iraq, Iran and the Middle East in general. For instance, "The Europeans think that Iraq's Saddam Hussein is a containable menace. They say he is like a dozen other Middle Eastern despots who have seen their day and gone...In any case the Iraq threat scenarios are unserious...Iran seems to most West Europeans a state on its way back to occupying a normal place in international society...Iran finances Islamic groups conducting anti-Israel terrorism, but so does Washington's ally Saudi Arabia. Neither Iraq or Iran seem to the Europeans to present problems that another war would solve" (William Pfaff, "Not About to Change Their Minds," ibid., May 27, 2002). Read the full article at www.wnponline.org/wnp/wnp0206/bookreview.htm Related Information on UCG Sites: Table of Contents that includes "Book Review: Statecraft by Margaret Thatcher" Other Articles by John Ross Schroeder European Union - prophecy: _The Euro Is Here! _Democratic Dictatorship? _New Proposal for Europe's Future _The Coming Clash Between Europe and America _The Palace of Versailles -- Again at the Center of World Events _After Iraq -- How Will Europe Get Its Act Together? _Europe at a Crossroads! _Hungary Looks West -- Again _Who Will Lead the New Europe? _Will European Unity Be Forged in Fear? _Out of Sight -- Out of Mind! _Where Are America and Europe Really Headed? _Berlin - Europe's Future Political Capital? _The European Constitution Sneaks in by the Back Door _Is the EU an Attempt to Revive the Holy Roman Empire? _European Demographics and Bible Prophecy _Papal Authority, Protestants and Prophecy _Who Will Be the Next Superpower? 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