Averting Global War [electronic resource] : Regional Challenges, Overextension, and Options for American Strategy /
Gardner, H.author.
Averting Global War examines major regional disputes and conflicts throughout the world as they impact upon both American domestic and foreign policy. These include: The ongoing _war on terrorism_; NATO enlargement to Russian borders; US intervention in Iraq; US confrontation with Iran; the feud between Israel and the Palestinians; the widening _zone of conflict_ from Central Asia to sub-Saharan Africa; the global ramifications of North Korea_s nuclear program and China_s claims to Taiwan; Venezuela_s _Bolivarian Revolution_ and the _war on drugs_ in Latin America, the domestic socio-political effects of Latin American immigration upon the US. The book_s goal is to articulate an irenic American strategy intended to resolve, or at least transform, a number of these disputes and conflicts so as to prevent them from further _deepening_ or _widening__and to avert the real possibility of major power confrontation involving both clandestine and overt methods of warfare.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Preface; Preface: 2010 Edition; Introduction: ""Crying Wolf"" Once Again?; Chapter 1 Triptych of Terrorism; Chapter 2 The Uncoordinated NATO-EU ""Double Enlargement"": Toward the Isolation of Russia?; Chapter 3 Iraq: Sinking Deeper into Mesopotamian Quicksand; Chapter 4 Iran: Nuclear High Tension and Holocaust Polemics; Chapter 5 Israel and Palestinian Fratricide: Beyond the ""Two State Solution""?; Chapter 6 An Ever-widening Zone of Conflict, Terrorism, and Black Market Activities: From Central Asia to Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 7 North Korea: Beyond ""Backdoor"" MultilateralismChapter 8 China and Blue-water Dreams: Toward a Sino-Russian Alliance?; Chapter 9 Three Dimensions of ""Montezuma's Revenge"": Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian Vision, ""War on Drugs,"" and ""Illegal"" Immigration; Chapter 10 American Hypertrophy and Strategic Options: Toward a Geostrategy for Global Peace; Postscript: The Obama Administration: Surmounting Nightmarish Scenarios?; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Averting Global War examines major regional disputes and conflicts throughout the world as they impact upon both American domestic and foreign policy. These include: The ongoing _war on terrorism_; NATO enlargement to Russian borders; US intervention in Iraq; US confrontation with Iran; the feud between Israel and the Palestinians; the widening _zone of conflict_ from Central Asia to sub-Saharan Africa; the global ramifications of North Korea_s nuclear program and China_s claims to Taiwan; Venezuela_s _Bolivarian Revolution_ and the _war on drugs_ in Latin America, the domestic socio-political effects of Latin American immigration upon the US. The book_s goal is to articulate an irenic American strategy intended to resolve, or at least transform, a number of these disputes and conflicts so as to prevent them from further _deepening_ or _widening__and to avert the real possibility of major power confrontation involving both clandestine and overt methods of warfare.
International relations.
Political science.
Politics and war.
Diplomacy.
International Relations.
Political Science.
Military and Defence Studies.
Diplomacy.