Global instability and strategic crisis / / Neville Brown

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451438903321
• Autore: Brown Neville
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• ISBN: 1-134-40961-3; 1-280-06236-3; 9786610062362; 6610062366; 0-203-69456-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (330 p.)
• Collana: Routledge advances in international relations and politics ; ; 26
• Disciplina: 355.02
• Soggetti: Strategy; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Ballistic missile defenses; World politics - 21st century; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-280) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Global Instability and Strategic Crisis; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; The author; Preface; Abbreviations; PART I The strategic revolution; 1 Through 11 September; A revolution unfolds, 1985-2001; Explosive excision; 2 The poverty of strategy; 3 A war on terror?; 4 Saddam, slow decline and rapid fall; PART II Limited world war?; 5 Social instability; Upheavals within?; Ultimate limits to growth; The Zen zone; 6 Macabre lethality; Lethal gases and toxins; Martial microbes; Fissile ambiguity; Undercover nuclear attack; 7 The ascent of the missile; PART III Defence against missiles8 Ballistic encounter; A chequered progression; Rigour, the first victim?; 9 Terrestrial coverage; Defence from the surface; The airborne laser; 10 The heavens subverted?; Celestial awareness; Global engagement; Information through space; PART IV The quest for strategy; 11 Pax Atlantica?; 12 Arms in moderation; 13 Planetary internationalism; 14 Strategy transcended; ; Open conspiracy?; Celestial encounters; Appendix A: Geodesy and Geophysics; Appendix B: Exotic technologies; Further reading; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This review of the new situation proposes a broader remit for strategic studies than ever before. A prime concern is that Space not be weaponised in pursuance of missile defence.The interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq are assessed. The Holy Land, Southern Africa, Indonesia, China and the Arctic are also foci of special concern. Other themes include 'terror' redefined; lethal lasers; internal arms control; regional pacts; Marshall Plans; climate change; instabilities in advanced societies; a two-tier EU; pre-emption doctrine; and Space exploration.