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Author Barnett, Thomas P. M.

Title The Pentagon's new map : war and peace in the twenty-first century / Thomas P.M. Barnett.

Imprint New York : Berkley Books, 2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  355.033 B264p 2005    ---  Available
Edition Berkley trade pbk. ed.
Description 435 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-426) and index.
Contents New rule sets -- The rise of the "lesser includeds" -- Disconnectedness defines danger -- The core and the gap -- The new ordering principle -- The global transaction strategy -- The myths we make -- Hope without guarantees.
Summary Military strategist Barnett provides a cutting-edge approach to globalization that combines security, economic, political, and cultural factors to predict and explain the nature of war and peace in the twenty-first century. Building of the works of Thomas L. Friedman and Francis Fukuyama, and then taking a leap beyond, this book offers hope at a crucial yet uncertain time in history.--From publisher description.
Subject United States -- Military policy.
World politics -- 1989-
ISBN 0425202399
9780425202395
Standard No. YDXCP 2212128
AU@ 000028278015

 
    
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