Previews and Premises Author:Alvin Toffler We can't go backwards..." — Alvin Toffler's world bestseller Future Shock offered a dramatic new perception of the shape of the future. — A decade later, his The Third Wave brought a further set of analyses to a world that had already undergone phenomenal transformation in those ten years. — Now, almost half-way into the 1980's, Al... more »vin Toffler offers a progress report. What is happening in the swiftly changing world about us? Is there any perceptible order-or credible hope-in the world landscape of apparent chaos? How do factors like unemployment and nuclear weapons, computer technology and the rise of the women's movement relate to the global kaleidoscope of change?« less