On Wed, 8 Oct 1997, Austrian Embassy wrote:
> Chris, that sound all fine, only one string of argument is basically wrong
> - and it seems to belong almost to the discussion culture nowadays - the
> prediction about "major war" between the "centers". Do you all honestly
> believe that America, Japan and Europe will go to war with each other about
> Toyotas, soya, computer chips, volkswagen and all?
No. Clearly issues that get hearts beating faster than these
issues do will emerge before any major core war takes place. So? Step
back to 1900 and predict the shifting alliances of the two phases of the
work war -- and no fair peeking at what actually happened to help. How
far into the 20th century do we have to go before a 'core war' starts
to look more likely than a continuation of fighting it out in the
periphery, such as the core powers continued to do throughout the end
of the 19th.
Virtually,
Bruce R. McFarling, Newcastle, NSW
ecbm@cc.newcastle.edu.au