As it stands, this book has a number of worthwhile elements. Huntington usefully reminds us that information technology isn't inherently a globally unifying force. It (a) arouses intercultural resentment by imposing trashy American culture on other societies; and (b) can help give internal unity to "tribes"--linguistic, religious, whatever--rather than building bridges between them. Also, he reminds us that a healthy respect for cultural differences might usefully blunt America's bent for self-righteous sermonizing. But in general, the main value of his relentless analysis of cultural difference is (if taken with a big grain of salt) as a cautionary tale for overly idealistic one-worlders, a map of cultural pitfalls on the road to nirvana. All Huntington needs to do is narrow his focus to the real pitfalls, the genuinely stubborn intercultural barriers, thus cutting the book's first 300 pages to, say, 50. Then he can expand the book's closing tribute to one-worldism to, say, 200 pages. And finally, he can delete the first half of the book's title. Thus: The Remaking of World Order.