Download or read book On the Eve of the Millennium written by Conor Cruise O'Brien and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1995 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A distinguished statesman and man of letters deplores the mounting attacks on Enlightenment values that jeopardize the very survival of the democratic institutions they inspired. Enlivening his grim predictions with dry wit, O'Brien nevertheless conveys an apocalyptic sense of the threats facing democracy as we approach the third millennium.