The book is brilliant, his thesis still holds almost 20 years later. Page 38, Huntington predicted the possibilty of separation of Ukraine into two entities along a line of civilizational split between the Orthodox and Uniate. It is astonishing in view of what is happening today. Furthermore, I invite you to read this book because 99% of people who speak have never opened, especially those who criticize him. As for those who say that this book has justified the American political crusades of Bush Jr. (Libération as internet complotistes shallows), Huntington said exactly the opposite: he invites the West to humility and prudence, explaining that our civilization is unique, but not universal, therefore not exportable. And modernization is not westernization because as he points out, "the essence of the West is the right, not the McDonald's."