Terror and consent : the wars for the twenty-first century / Philip Bobbitt.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Anchor Books, 2009.Edition: 1st Anchor books edDescription: 676 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781400077014
- 140007701X
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 363.325 B663 | Available | 33111010467211 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Philip Bobbitt follows his magisterial Shield of Achilles with an equally provocative analysis of the West's struggle against terror. Boldly stating that the primary driver of terrorism is not Islam but the emergence of market states (like the U.S. and the E.U.), Bobbitt warns of an era where weapons of mass destruction will be commodified and the wealthiest societies even more vulnerable to destabilizing, demoralizing terror. Unflinching in his analysis, Bobbitt addresses the deepest themes of history, law and strategy.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The new masque of terrorism -- The market state : arming terror -- Warfare against civilians -- Victory without parades -- The constitutional relationship between rights and powers -- Intelligence, information, and knowledge -- The strategic relationship between ends and means -- Terrorism : supply and demand -- The illusion of an American strategic doctrine -- Mise-en-scène : the properties of sovereignty -- Danse macabre : global governance and legitimacy -- The triage of terror.