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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789681603321

Autore

Black Jeremy

Titolo

War and the new disorder in the 21st century / / Jeremy Black

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; London, England : , : Continuum, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

1-283-20731-1

9786613207319

1-4411-7960-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Continuum Compact

Disciplina

355.009

Soggetti

Military art and science - History

Military art and science - Forecasting

War and society

War - Forecasting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; 1 The Nature of War; 2 The New Disorder: State Weakness; 3 The New Disorder: International Tensions; 4 Future Conflict; 5 Conclusions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The second edition of Jeremy Black's War has been completely revised in the light of recent events in Iraq and Afghanistan. Jeremy Black's book prophetically explores the realities of war in a globalized world where growing prosperity can increase the likeliehood of conflict and American power is likely to be increasingly challenged. In his five new chapters Black conducts his argument in terms of New World Disorder, specifically the failure of Western models of globalisation to engage support. There is extensive discussion of military structures in the West, as they are `reconfigured` to take