books.google.com - Mikhail Gorbachev and Daisaku Ikeda are contemporaries raised in different cultures: Gorbachev is a statesman influenced by Marx and communist politics while Ikeda is a Buddhist inspired by the thirteenth century Japanese sage, Nichiren. This book is a result of a series of conversations between these...http://books.google.com/books/about/Moral_Lessons_of_the_Twentieth_Century.html?id=-fKiVBBHB-0C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareMoral Lessons of the Twentieth Century